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430gj9j
4942 days ago
The key is the same length as the data, making this a one-time pad rather than XOR encryption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
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lucb1e
4942 days ago
"rather than XOR encryption."
Nobody never mentioned that it used xor..?
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squarelegs
4942 days ago
XOR encryption is a one-time pad encryption over an alphabet of two letters, you might be thinking of something like a Vigenère cipher applied to binary data.
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Nobody never mentioned that it used xor..?