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1996-02-22 - Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)

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From: andreas@artcom.de (Andreas Bogk)
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Message Hash: faaa38cb5702fb21208d40337df1b331dbcfb195d0e0e7bf03a03deb8a9995de
Message ID: <y8a20noxpe3.fsf@horten.artcom.de>
Reply To: <199602200306.WAA11013@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1996-02-22 04:06:54 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 12:06:54 +0800

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From: andreas@artcom.de (Andreas Bogk)
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 12:06:54 +0800
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)
In-Reply-To: <199602200306.WAA11013@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <y8a20noxpe3.fsf@horten.artcom.de>
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>>>>> "Derek" == Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:

    Derek> Actually, this statement is false.  What you have is a
    Derek> pseudo one-time pad, not a true one-time pad.  It's close,
    Derek> though.  The problem is that the means that you use to

It's not even close. A PRNG-stream can be brute-forced, even if it
uses an otherwise secure RNG. A OTP cannot.

Andreas



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