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1996-11-30 - Re: IPG Algorith Broken!

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From: wichita@cyberstation.net
To: paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
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UTC Datetime: 1996-11-30 10:05:10 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 02:05:10 -0800 (PST)

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From: wichita@cyberstation.net
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 02:05:10 -0800 (PST)
To: paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
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On , 25 Nov 1996 paul@fatbrain.demon.co.uk wrote:

> 
> > > Ahh... an OTP isn't unbreakable.  Its just so encredibly breakable that
> > > you never know which break was the correct one ;)
> > 
> > Note that Schneier says "perfect", not "unbreakable".
> 

More gobbledegook about nothing. Yes it is perfect and yes it is
unbreakable!

snip......
> 
> IPG`s algorithm is definitely NOT an OTP and Don Wood is a snakeoil 
> merchant.
>

Play it Paul, (or is it Sam, or fatbrain).

Never has one person said so much and said nothing,

Lead on McPuff(ery)

 
With kindest regards,

Don Wood

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