Is it fair for us to conclude XOR string encryption is less secure than well known encryption (Say Blowfish)
- by Yan Cheng CHEOK
I was wondering, is it fair to conclude, XOR string encryption is less secure than other encryption method, say Blowfish
This is because for both methods, their input are
Unencrypted string
A secret key
string XOR(string value,string key)
{
string retval(value);
short unsigned int klen=key.length();
short unsigned int vlen=value.length();
short unsigned int k=0;
short unsigned int v=0;
for(v;v<vlen;v++)
{
retval[v]=value[v]^key[k];
k=(++k<klen?k:0);
}
return retval;
}
Is there any proof that XOR encryption method is more easy to be "broken" than Blowfish if the same key is being chosen?
