Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!nbires!vianet!devine From: devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Multiple "valid" decryptions Message-ID: <97@vianet.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 21:43:05 EST Article-I.D.: vianet.97 Posted: Wed Dec 17 21:43:05 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 07:11:23 EST Organization: ViaNetix Boulder, CO Lines: 14 Keywords: 100 monkees Something to reflect upon, when thinking about decrypting a message using a key with a very large range, is the large number of possible decryptions that may result. Obviously, most of the decryptions when using a random key will be garbage. However, what's intriguing is the thought that some of the random keys will produce random interesting messages. For comparison, what were the odds in the old puzzle about 100 monkees coming up with Shakespearean plays after hammering randomly on typewriters for a million years? Bob Devine [ encrypting my name produces 13013...:-)]