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How are a one-time pad and a stream cipher similar?

How are a one-time pad and a stream cipher similar?

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A.
They are both asymmetric algorithms

B.
They are both vulnerable to linear frequency cryptanalysis attacks

C.
They both XOR bits for their encryption process

D.
They are both block ciphers

Explanation:
The individual bits in the one-time pad are used to encrypt the
individual bits of the message through the XOR function, and in a stream algorithm
the individual bits created by the keystream generator are used to encrypt the bits
of the message through XOR also.


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