1997-05-10 - Re: One-Time Pads as Attack Method

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From: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
To: “Peter D. Junger” <cypherpunks@algebra.com
Message Hash: 68c8281192de5983ec3a07d691b3de6a99b3858c14e8eae78967b6b0d7dee7c6
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UTC Datetime: 1997-05-10 16:54:24 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 00:54:24 +0800

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From: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 00:54:24 +0800
To: "Peter D. Junger" <cypherpunks@algebra.com
Subject: Re: One-Time Pads as Attack Method
Message-ID: <v02140b03af9a55d9569d@[10.0.2.15]>
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>The problem that someone might plant a message and a one-time-pad on
>your machine makes for a good spy story; I would be more worried about
>someone claiming that I had illegal software on my machine, since they
>can always come up with a one-time-pad that will decode some file that
>I do have on my machine (if they have access to it) and have the
>``decoded'' text be a copyrighted program for which I do not have a
>license.

All the more reason to use a good disk encryption program to keep private
as muc of you disk as possible (under CryptDisk/PGPDisk its everything but
the System Folder).

--Steve


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