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1996-02-21 - Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: dan@milliways.org (Dan Bailey)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-21 17:22:57 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 01:22:57 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 01:22:57 +0800
To: dan@milliways.org (Dan Bailey)
Subject: Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)
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Dan Bailey writes:
> My suggestion
> is to post the OTP-expansion algorithm to sci.crypt.

Call it what it is -- a pseudo-random number generator, at best. As
you likely know (but the IPG folks don't seem to care) you can't
"expand" a one time pad. One time means ONE TIME. Look at how the NSA
broke the Venona intercepts of of even two-time use of keying material.

Perry

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