VMs: No stats no fun

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

seems ready to disregard statistrics gathered 
about the VMs over the last few decades.

> Well... I'd like to see the solution to which 91
> years of statistical 
> analysis have carried us, but apparently there's a
> big fat void there. But 
> feel free to prove me wrong, I don't mind! :-)

Also, everybody up to now has been using images
of the MS (copyflo, photostats etc) and
this has not led us anywhere, so perhaps we
should discard them as well?

Spass beiseite, it's not the statistics which are
wrong, but it's the lack of understanding of
them that could be a problem.

The stats that have been produced up to now will
tell you _exactly_ where the text of the VMs is
unusual. This is where our chances for cracking 
it lie.

Whatever encryption method you may propose, its
effect on the statistics of the plain text can
be predicted. No amount of arm-waving can replace
a proper analysis.

I have quite a bit more to say about this, but
prefer to keep it short for the moment. There
are lots of fascinating statistics which Stolfi
has collected, which still have not received 
ther deserved attention. 
Disregard at your own risk (that goes for me too).

Cheers, Rene 


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