Encryption and risk

[bill.n1vux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Bill Ricker)]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> No. ?I did specify an exhaustive keyspace search. ?That does mean
> checking every possible key.

and have no way to tell if the key that produces English is correct
unless NO other key does, so you have to finish.  if at Unicity
quantity of text, odds are you have to try half the keys on average,
but IF you get lucky you can guess but not prove it.

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Bill
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