From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 13:20:16 +0800
To: IPG Sales <droelke@rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com>
Subject: Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)
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At 19:05 2/19/96, IPG Sales wrote:

>Perhaps so, but our system does employ a true hardware generated OTP, and
>operates similiar to what you describe -  however, the important
>differernce is that we use a smal;l OTP to generate a larger OTP, like
>stringing the cable across the Golden Gate narrows.

Somebody please hand the guy a textbook on information theory. The entropy
of your "larger OTP" *can not* be greater than the entropy of your original
OTP. You are suspending Golden Gate Bridge by a string. Anybody using it
does so at their peril.

Side note: why do these snake oil salesmen tend to have such horrible
spelling? Let me guess. Because they design their software with the same
care they use to compose their posts?


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