Posted on 06/12/2010 7:35:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
One of the most singular characteristics of the art of deciphering is the strong conviction possessed by every person, even moderately acquainted with it, that he is able to construct a cipher which nobody else can decipher. I have also observed that the cleverer the person, the more intimate is his conviction. In my earliest study of the subject I shared in this belief, and maintained it for many years.-- Charles Babbage
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“TO SERVE MAN.....IT’S A COOKBOOK!!!”
That is meaningless. Your code or language has to have some equivalent of the word "horse" or you can't send a message about a horse. It doesn't matter if your equivalent of horse is "887934" or "shark" or " ┤»╝┐". If you want to send one, or at most a very few, very short, messages, then your code will be unbreakable, as the cryptoger will not have enough material to find a pattern. If you send a lot of traffic, then you leave a lot of evidence for a pattern to emerge.
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