Rule 1 of cryptanalysis: check for plaintext.

— Robert Morris, Notes on Crypto '95: Non-cryptographic Ways of Losing Information (1995)

Source: https://groups.google.com/g/sci.crypt/c/8aFmhI8PaRw/m/bwyHfMA2vGMJ

Recorded in Gillogly's notes on R. Morris's invited talk, 2 September 1995.

Topics: security