Bitcoin Forum
August 16, 2024, 06:24:40 PM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.1 [Torrent]
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register More  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: gpg encrypting multiple files with same passphrase  (Read 650 times)
pqzilvaq (OP)
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 9
Merit: 0


View Profile
July 30, 2014, 11:35:43 PM
 #1

Disregarding keyloggers and trojans, if I gpg encrypt multiple different files with the same passphrase do those files become in any real way easier to brute force or somehow crack.

I would not be asking this question if it were not for the recent software exploits which occurred due to false randomization. My concern is that having multiple different files encrypted with the same passphrase will not simply make the passphrase incrementally or X times easier to guess, X being the number of files, but exponentially easier to guess.

Please only answer if you are certain.
some1
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 364
Merit: 250


667 one more than the devil


View Profile
July 31, 2014, 04:20:19 AM
 #2

Only if the attacker has some clue about file contents, not if you are encrypting pseudorandom bytes

Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!