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From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
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Subject: Re: a key management scheme (longish)
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Date: 27 Jun 91 16:35:53 GMT
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I think braiding is a little better than Xor for text; probably no worse for
most inputs.  I don't actually have any evidence for this, but, I have much
experience in information theory, and it seems reasonable.

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