Re: [xml-dev] The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a trap!

From
John Cowan <>
To
Date
2002-05-31T12:40:44Z
ID
<>
Thread
Re: [xml-dev] The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a trap!
Arjun Ray scripsit:

> Since security through obscurity is no security at all - unless you're as
> clue-challenged as this Russell Kay chappie - data being self-describing
> is irrelevant.

However, the presence of known sequences in the plaintext *is* an aid
to cryptanalysis, though probably not more than a theoretical one at
this point.

-- 
John Cowan <>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_