I might be misguided but I find it interesting that compression seems to look for patterns in data in order to reduce the size, where as encryption's goal is to make the data devoid of all distinguishable patterns?
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:24 AM To: List, debian-user Subject: SSH and compression -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just curious, but does enabling compression make it easier, harder or about the same difficulty to crack data from an SSH connection? Just sort of my random curiosity for the night... - -- Baloo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9Gnc6NtWkM9Ny9xURAoJiAKCeinybT6GdpwzdBOqL31p2Yb/73gCdGEl4 n8WP5Kuix0PNAqrXIqYot+s= =Uyye -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.371 / Virus Database: 206 - Release Date: 6/13/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.371 / Virus Database: 206 - Release Date: 6/13/2002 ______________________________________ The information transmitted through this mail is intended solely for the addressee and may be legally privileged. Any disclosure, copying, dissemination or any action taken or omitted, to be taken in reliance on it, by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. Smart Communications, Inc. http://www.smart.com.ph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
