Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest.

From	Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups	sci.crypt
Subject	Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest.
Date	2021-09-27 07:36 +0100
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On 27/09/2021 05:01, Rich wrote:
> Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, you have a website!  Nice.  So, try to get your cipher up on
>> your site.  So, anybody can easily play with it?
> 
> That won't happen.  Because if he put it up on the website so people
> could play with it, it would be broken within a day.

Maybe not a day. People are busy. But Rich is broadly right - we know 
from experience such a cipher would be broken if he puts it on his site, 
because all the ciphers he has put on his site in the past have been 
quickly broken.

> By keeping it vaporware he can avoid the embarrassment of yet another
> cipher broken in a day.

No, I don't think so. I don't think he knows what embarrassment is.

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Richard Heathfield
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Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. – Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. austin obyrne <ao402468@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 03:45 -0700
  Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. – Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-26 12:12 +0100
  Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. – Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 06:19 -0700
  Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-26 17:07 +0000
  Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. – Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 20:55 -0700
    Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-27 04:01 +0000
      Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-09-26 22:43 -0700
        Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-09-27 14:24 +0000
        Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. Bob Duncan <bob7duncan@gmail.com> - 2021-09-27 13:49 -0400
      Re: Unbreakable Cryptoghraphy. ? Many is the True Word Spoken in Jest. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2021-09-27 07:36 +0100

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