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From: tedwards@wam.umd.edu (technopagan priest)
Subject: Re: Would "clipper" make a good cover for other encryption method?
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In article <1993Apr20.032623.3046@eff.org> kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>Clipper might be a good way to cover the use of another layer of
>encryption.

True, but will traditional encryptions schemes, when further encrypted
by Clipper, be _more_ vulnerable to attacks such as partially known
plaintext?

-Thomas


