Encryption Before Compression or Compression Before Encryption?

Published: 16 April 2021
on channel: Cryptography for Everybody

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In the video, we answer the question, if we should first encrypt and then compress or first compress and then encrypt.

We have a small test setup with three different file types (bmp, jpg, and txt). For each type, we have a test file, which we first zip and then encrypt (using AES) and then first encrypt and then zip. Which file will be the smallest one :-) ?

Finally, we have a look a the entropy values of each of the files and compare these values. If you want to know, what entropy means, please have a look at this video here: • Basics of Cryptology – Part 4 (Modern Cryp...
After this video, you should see what makes more sense when working with compression and encryption.

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