1995-07-14 - Re: OTP server..
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From: Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-14 09:14:49 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 02:14:49 PDT
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From: Andy Brown <asb@nexor.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 02:14:49 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: OTP server..
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On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Black Unicorn wrote:
> doug@eng.auburn.edu wrote:
>> How about WWW one time pad servers? You browse to your
>> favorite OTP server, which has a random number generator
>> running in the background. You tell it to give you a block
>> of X bytes, and mail it to persons 1, 2, 3, ... N.
>> [...]
>> Thoughts?
>>
> I think you're trusting the server a GREAT deal.
A small addition to the protocol whereby the recipient gives the random
data the once-over with a personal IDEA key would be sufficient to
eliminate any doubts about the server.
- Andy
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