On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > The password is not random therefore every time you > encrypt the same plaintext you got the same cryptfile.
No, you won't. All sound encryption schemes use a bit of random to make the resulting ciphertext different. In the easiest case this is called a salt and used to stop dictionary attacks. For example, such a salt has been used for 25 years or so on all Unix systems to protect the login password. > (The opposite would cause big problems in a disk encryption system. :-) No. Different ciphertexts may yield the same plaintext. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Auschnahme regelt ein Bundeschgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
