Security of Exclusive-OR (XOR) encryption
XOR encryption is known to be quite weak. But how weak is it if I have a key that is made up of multiple keys of different (ideally prime) lengths which are combined to make a longer key. eg I have a text keys of length 5, 9 and 11. If I just apply the first key using XOR encryption then it should be easy to break as the encryption byte will repeat every 5 bytes. However if I 'overlay' the 3 of these keys I get an effective non-repeating length of 5*9*11 = 495. This sounds to me pretty strong. If I use a couple of verses of a poem using each line as a key then my non-repeating length will be way bigger than most files. How strong would this be (providing the key remains secret! `:)` )
Security of Exclusive-OR (XOR) encryption
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XOR encryption is known to be quite weak. But how weak is it if I have a key that is made up of multiple keys of different (ideally prime) lengths which are combined to make a longer key. eg I have a text keys of length 5, 9 and 11. If I just apply the first key using XOR encryption then it should be easy to break as the encryption byte will repeat every 5 bytes. However if I 'overlay' the 3 of these keys I get an effective non-repeating length of 5*9*11 = 495. This sounds to me pretty strong. If I use a couple of verses of a poem using each line as a key then my non-repeating length will be way bigger than most files. How strong would this be (providing the key remains secret! `:)` )