From: wichita@cyberstation.net
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 23:42:38 -0800 (PST)
To: "Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM" <dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
Subject: Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
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On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

> paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk writes:
> > >It seems to me they're putting an additional layer of stuff ("OTP") between
> > >the key generation and the actual encoding, so what's the problem with that,
> > >as a concept?
> >
> > Well for a start it`s not a one time pad because that requires a
> > totally real random pad. They have a stream cipher, as for whether it
> > is any good or not I would normally not trust a man with the talent
> > for bullshit Don Wood has.
> 
> I suppose Paul doesn't consider his own ruminations about "brute force attacks
> against one-time pads" to be "bullshit".
> 
> 
I could not agree more,

Don Wood