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I’m not arguing that. I’m saying that for compressed data, underlying patterns in data aren’t trivially exposed by ECB. Ergo, the “tux” attack on bitmap image f
by stouset 7y ago
I’m not arguing that. I’m saying that for compressed data, underlying patterns in data aren’t trivially exposed by ECB. Ergo, the “tux” attack on bitmap image files doesn’t really apply here. I meant nothing more and nothing less than that.
- monocasa 7y agoAnd I'm saying that they aren't just sending compressed data, nor would hardly any practical communication application, which makes the "well maybe they have enough entropy that it doesn't matter?" argument moot.
- stouset 7y agoLiterally nobody is making that argument or in any way suggesting that ECB is a great choice. Just that this one specific attack doesn’t apply.