[dundee] Good example of encryption problems

[Robert Ladyman]

I came across this example in a discussion of block cyphers in ECB mode: a 
picture is definitely worth a thousand words.

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this is tux:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Tux.jpg

and this is tux encrypted with a block cypher in ECB mode:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Tux_ecb.jpg

regardless of the type of block cypher (3DES, AES ...) ECB is a bad choice for 
an encryption mode; unless you are showing someone this kind of blunder.

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