Sure, that's a pro to having one key per plaintext/ciphertext pair. A
con might be that you only need one known plaintext block (with
unlimited computing power :) to determine the key. Are there any others
I'm missing?
gw-terisa wrote:
>if keys > 1, then you have in essence just whacked bits off the key
>size.
>Unless you asked your question oddly and missed your intent, I can't
>see any value in keys>1.
>>
>>What are the pros/cons of having only one key take a given plaintext >>to a given
>ciphertext?
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