How Can Data Compression be employed With Encryption

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How Can Data Compression be employed With Encryption.

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Data compression eliminates redundant character strings in the file. This means that a compressed file has the more uniform distribution of the characters. In addition to offering shorter plaintext and ciphertext, which decreases the amount of time required to encrypt, decrypt and transmit the file, the decreased redundancy in plaintext can potentially hinder convinced cryptanalytic attacks.