From: Ron Strasburg <rstrasbu@bronco1.hastings.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 06:03:18 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: A really short one time pad.
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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> At 5:39 PM -0800 11/12/96, Sean Roach wrote:
> >Actually, here are ten.
> >2^.5
> >3^.5
> >2^(1/3)
> >5^.5
> >5^(1/3)
> >7^.5
> >11^.5
> >13^.5
> >17^.5
> >Pi
> >For that patter the nth root of any prime number.
> >A lifetime of "pads" could be distributed in one trip.  Of course this still
> >means that you have to make the trip, and write down all of the above with a
> >referring codeword or number.
> >Cheap, I know.  Wonder if this type of "one time pad" is as foolproof as
> >truly randomly generated ones.
> 
> You needn't wonder. These are not one time pads. Read any opening chapter
> of any book on crypto to see why.
> 
> However, there might be a good company you could put together around this idea.
> 
> (I wonder why nobody has thought of something so easy....)
> 
this was proposed a couple months ago by a Robert Shueey, he first posted 
asking if "Irrational=Random".
not sure if he got any responses. 

> 
> --Tim
> 
> 
> "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM
> that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology."
> [NYT, 1996-10-02]
> We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed.
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