On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 02:56:36PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> 
> If compression increases entropy, then one could argue its a desired
> service with security benefits.

Compression does not change the total amount of entropy.  It has
the same entropy but in less bits, so you increase the density.

The security should not depend on the entropy density.  After the
encryption you should not be able to tell what the density was.


Kurt

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