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Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 20:22:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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Subject: Re: Cryptographic dump(8) 
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On Mon, 8 May 2000, Narvi wrote:

> Losing the entire backup to the chaining mode just because one block reads
> incorrectly is a bad idea. Known plaintext attacks - more exactly *chosen
> plaintext* attacks are imho unavidable in backups.

See my reply :)

Kris

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