From: Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 10:08:35 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Elementrix POTP
In-Reply-To: <199510102120.RAA110954@tequesta.gate.net>
Message-ID: <199510111708.KAA09582@mycroft.rand.org>
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> liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray) writes:
> Sorry to continue "beating a dead horse" here, but I forwarded a few
> C-punks' messages regarding the Elementrix "Power One-Time Pad" to
> this person, and I thought you might be interested in her (somewhat
> cryptic <g>) response.

Actually, no, and I'll tell you why.  My only interest in this product
is that you're flogging it as a one time pad, and just calling something
a one time pad doesn't make it so.  From all that's been exposed so far,
it looks like it doesn't match the standard definition of a one time pad
in standard cryptologic works.  Maybe it's something <like> it, and maybe
not -- but if they're saying it <is> a one time pad they should be
prepared to prove it.  Reading their warmed-over press releases doesn't
interest me at all.

Except for one thing, i.e. this line from the last blather:

>The encryption is not done by using an encryption algorithm.

'Nuff said for now, I think.

	Jim Gillogly
	Mersday, 20 Winterfilth S.R. 1995, 17:05