Re: [Cfrg] Crystalline Cipher

"Mark McCarron" <mark.mccarron@eclipso.eu> Sat, 23 May 2015 02:24 UTC

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Tony,

Just because you can detect a bias does not mean that you can turn that into data such as key/plaintext.  A key, plaintext, etc., is just another type of modulated signal and it can degrade to the point of being unrecoverable and still present a bias.  I detect biases all the time in signals on my radio gear, it does not mean I can recover the modulated data.  That would only be the case if I can fill in the blanks using mathematical relationships, which is not a valid approach with Crystalline.

The real problem Tony, is that you only understand a certain portion of cryptography, but profess to know it all.

Regards,

Mark McCarron

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From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@gmail.com>
Date: 23.05.2015 04:12:43
To: Mark McCarron <mark.mccarron@eclipso.eu>
Subject: Re: [Cfrg] Crystalline Cipher

On Friday, May 22, 2015, Mark McCarron <mark.mccarron@eclipso.eu> wrote:
This difference means that a bias in the output, does not lead to a break in the cipher.
 
This is basically the cryptographic equivalent of claiming up is down, black is white, true is false, etc.
 
The very act of making such a claim demonstrates only that you're a clueless crackpot and you don't know what you're talking about.
 
Many, many, many people have have tried to explain this to you over and over and over. At this point there are only two possible conclusions in my mind:
 
1) You are intentionally trolling people to provoke a response
2) You are suffering from a mental illness
 
In either case, I have come to the conclusion that you are beyond hope and the best thing I can do is ignore you.


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Tony Arcieri


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