"Lawrence C. Stewart" wrote: > ... > encryption key should be generated independently for each encryption > and packaged along with the ciphertext. That solves the salt problem > and the cracking the system problem in one step.
I am sorry to differ, but packaging the encryption-key along with the ciphertext (even if part of the plaintext) will create additional dependencies and reduce the search space of possible results. In short, one should avoid sending any additional information about the encryption key. Cheers, Ed Gerck --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
