1995-07-14 - Re: OTP server..

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From: “Ed Carp [khijol Sysadmin]” <erc@khijol.intele.net>
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
Message Hash: da9b094683df1e869cb4a861fa58f310183fb6f633317a72bc75708684236586
Message ID: <Pine.3.89.9507131817.A10819-0100000@khijol>
Reply To: <v02130500ac2cc7c4390a@[205.219.167.38]>
UTC Datetime: 1995-07-14 00:45:41 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 17:45:41 PDT

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From: "Ed Carp [khijol Sysadmin]" <erc@khijol.intele.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 17:45:41 PDT
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
Subject: Re: OTP server..
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On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Black Unicorn 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.
> 
> I think you're trusting the server a GREAT deal.

Why is that?  The randomness of the data can be easily checked...
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