Suppose if you had to both encrypt and compress data during transmission, which would you do first, and why?

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If they don't know the answer immediately it's ok. The key is how they react. Do they panic, or do they enjoy the challenge and think through it? I was asked this question during an interview at Cisco. I told the interviewer that I didn't know the answer but that I needed just a few seconds to figure it out. I thought out loud and within 10 seconds gave him my answer: “Compress then encrypt. If you encrypt first you'll have nothing but random data to work with, which will destroy any potential benefit from compression.
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