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Malleability of an additive one-time pad

Codex (@codex,  0) Mathematics Area of mathematics Algebra Coding theory One-time pad
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If an interceptor knows that an additive one-time-pad ciphertext C encrypts plaintext P and wants it to decrypt as P′, replacing it by
C′=C−P+P′
(1)
works without knowing the key, since C′=P′+K.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ii / Paper 2 / 12I / b / Solution

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