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    From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Mini Mailer on Sun Mar 30 12:26:17 2025
    On 30/03/2025 10:23, Mini Mailer wrote:
    7TIF7LwSWzkdecLlTj8wu84q3TTxA7D5/xcwH3HJZjkkLbMsTjUvwrM72TEF9LEHDT/P7I/WFdH=

    They are different programs with different purposes, so there's
    not much point in comparing them. For example, SCOS2 was designed
    to encrypt *only* printable ASCII, a restriction that in the
    quest for internationalisation your program completely
    overlooks... and that's fine, because they are different programs
    with different purposes. Your program also adds a layer of
    difficulty to ciphertext-only attacks, whereas SCOS2 was designed
    to be easy to attack. And that too is fine; they are different
    programs with different purposes.

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Mini Mailer on Sun Mar 30 16:40:04 2025
    On 30/03/2025 15:22, Mini Mailer wrote:
    Richard Heathfield wrote:
    On 30/03/2025 10:23, Mini Mailer wrote:
    7TIF7LwSWzkdecLlTj8wu84q3TTxA7D5/xcwH3HJZjkkLbMsTjUvwrM72TEF9LEHDT/P7I/WFdH=

    They are different programs with different purposes, so there's not much
    point in comparing them. For example, SCOS2 was designed to encrypt
    *only* printable ASCII, a restriction that in the quest for
    internationalisation your program completely overlooks... and that's
    fine, because they are different programs with different purposes. Your
    program also adds a layer of difficulty to ciphertext-only attacks,
    whereas SCOS2 was designed to be easy to attack. And that too is fine;
    they are different programs with different purposes.


    Well, their purposes should be the same

    Why?

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
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  • From Rich@21:1/5 to Mini Mailer on Sun Mar 30 16:55:41 2025
    Mini Mailer <[email protected]> wrote:
    Richard Heathfield wrote:
    On 30/03/2025 15:22, Mini Mailer wrote:
    Richard Heathfield wrote:
    On 30/03/2025 10:23, Mini Mailer wrote:
    7TIF7LwSWzkdecLlTj8wu84q3TTxA7D5/xcwH3HJZjkkLbMsTjUvwrM72TEF9LEHDT/P7I/WFdH=

    They are different programs with different purposes, so there's not much >> > > point in comparing them. For example, SCOS2 was designed to encrypt
    *only* printable ASCII, a restriction that in the quest for
    internationalisation your program completely overlooks... and that's
    fine, because they are different programs with different purposes. Your >> > > program also adds a layer of difficulty to ciphertext-only attacks,
    whereas SCOS2 was designed to be easy to attack. And that too is fine; >> > > they are different programs with different purposes.


    Well, their purposes should be the same

    Why?

    I said: ..., posting encoded messages to Usenet.

    That's not an answer to the question.

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to Mini Mailer on Sun Mar 30 18:55:33 2025
    On 30/03/2025 18:25, Mini Mailer wrote:
    Rich wrote:
    Mini Mailer <[email protected]> wrote:
    Richard Heathfield wrote:
    On 30/03/2025 15:22, Mini Mailer wrote:
    Richard Heathfield wrote:
    On 30/03/2025 10:23, Mini Mailer wrote:
    7TIF7LwSWzkdecLlTj8wu84q3TTxA7D5/xcwH3HJZjkkLbMsTjUvwrM72TEF9LEHDT/P7I/WFdH=

    They are different programs with different purposes, so there's not much >>>>>> point in comparing them. For example, SCOS2 was designed to encrypt >>>>>> *only* printable ASCII, a restriction that in the quest for
    internationalisation your program completely overlooks... and that's >>>>>> fine, because they are different programs with different purposes. Your >>>>>> program also adds a layer of difficulty to ciphertext-only attacks, >>>>>> whereas SCOS2 was designed to be easy to attack. And that too is fine; >>>>>> they are different programs with different purposes.


    Well, their purposes should be the same

    Why?

    I said: ..., posting encoded messages to Usenet.

    That's not an answer to the question.

    Mind your own business.

    This is a public discussion in a public newsgroup, so it's as
    much his business as it is yours or mine.

    And he's right - you posted an evasion instead of an answer. If
    you want to be taken seriously, feigning stupidity is not in your
    best interests.

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
    Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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