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Did you edit your post? I'm not the only one who misread it. If KC is applied first to the plaintext, then assuming you didn't flub anything in implementation the combined scheme won't be less secure than KC, I agree. Applying CC effectively becomes security through obscurity, which is admittedly sometimes helpful.


No, sirclueless, I didn't change the scheme I wrote about.

Yes, it adds security through obscurity without losing security through well-known recommended ciphers.




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