On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 17:41:51 +0200 Dimitry Sibiryakov <s...@ibphoenix.com> wrote:
> > English text has no patterns divisible to 16 bytes, AFAIK. > An example is logging data which typically contains a lot of repetitive text between records and contains English text. Looking at the ciphertext you can guess if there were many records of the same thing or just a few. What is that thing exactly will remain a mystery of course unless you have the key. Still this knowledge may help you if you are trying to pull a more elaborate attack. For example you have reached a server in corporate network and you have access to ten more servers within the same network. You know you must "infect" only the most valuable server and not all so that you can stay undetected for a longer time. Sifting through the encrypted database files might give you a clue which server is a better target for trying to install malware of some sort and etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
