On breaking a Huffman code
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We examine the problem of deciphering a file that has been Huffman coded, but not otherwise encrypted. We find that a Huffman code can be surprisingly difficult to cryptanalyze. We present a detailed analysis of the situation for a three-symbol source alphabet and present some results for general finite alphabets
Published in:
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:42
,
Issue:
3
)
Date of Publication: May 1996