Re: Does good compression = good encryption?

Sammy Yousef (syousef@nospam.socs.uts.edu.au)
Thu, 16 Nov 1995 12:06:14 +1100 (EST)

This is really interesting. Coming from a science background entropy in
physics was defined to be the amount of "order" or lack of chaos in a
system. I wonder if different people, even within the same field define
it slightly differently? Anyway I suppose it would also would depend on
how you define the amount of "order" - as I recall this wasn't a simple
thing to do. In cryptography is there a clear-cut definition for order
vs. disorder by any chance?

Ever innundated with terminology,
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