NODE ab824989Algorithm Example Question
Jeff Davis <eagle@deepthought.armory.com>Sat, 10 Dec 94 18:39:45 PST
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What is the Knapsack algorithm and could someone please give me an example
of it? Is this single time key encryption?
Thanks.
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NODE 20544ae3Re: Algorithm Example Question
jamesd@netcom.com (James A. Donald)Sat, 10 Dec 94 22:26:21 PST
Jeff Davis writes
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> What is the Knapsack algorithm and could someone please give me an example
> of it? Is this single time key encryption?
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> Thanks.
Well the main thing you need to know about the knapsack problem is
that crypto schemes based on the knapsack problem get broken with
depressing regularity.
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