Corrupting files

[Remco Post]

Tom Thekathyil wrote:
> A wishes to send message to B.
> 

In theory, any encrypted message is like completely random.

> Question: Is there in theory any way of breaking the corrupted
> encryption through brute force?
> 

Brute force... trying every possible key on a message until the
decrypted message makes sense. Since in theory the corrupted message
could be the result of encrypting the message with a different key,
brute force may yield a different key, but in theory, this added
encryption does not add any security.

Now, is brute force feasible, no, not against any of the strong
algorithms.... I don't see why one would bother, not in this way.


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