Re: one time pads
From: Alun Jones [MS MVP] (alun_at_texis.com)
Date: 08/28/03
- Next message: JK: "Anti - Theft Software"
- Previous message: Rob Slade, doting grandpa of Ryan and Trevor: "REVIEW: "The Art of Investigative Interviewing", Charles L. Yeschke"
- In reply to: Walter Roberson: "Re: one time pads"
- Next in thread: Jeremy Bishop: "Re: one time pads"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:36:26 GMT
In article <bih979$ju1$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>, roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote:
>In article <3wU2b.306$Se1.16@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>,
>Alun Jones [MS MVP] <alun@texis.com> wrote:
>:For a third, the data
>:transmitted must be relatively short, or the pages of the pad turned
>:frequently, in order to avoid the key being guessed from frequency matching.
>
>It isn't a OTP if you reuse *any* section of the pad. OTP == One Time Pad.
>Not Two Times Pad.
Yeah, I was looking for a way to say that the data encrypted with any key
obtained from the pad has to be short in relation to the length of the key
itself. In other words, it must be encrypted with random data, not with a
pattern.
Alun.
~~~~
[Please don't email posters, if a Usenet response is appropriate.]
-- Texas Imperial Software | Find us at http://www.wftpd.com or email 1602 Harvest Moon Place | alun@texis.com. Cedar Park TX 78613-1419 | WFTPD, WFTPD Pro are Windows FTP servers. Fax/Voice +1(512)258-9858 | Try our NEW client software, WFTPD Explorer.
- Next message: JK: "Anti - Theft Software"
- Previous message: Rob Slade, doting grandpa of Ryan and Trevor: "REVIEW: "The Art of Investigative Interviewing", Charles L. Yeschke"
- In reply to: Walter Roberson: "Re: one time pads"
- Next in thread: Jeremy Bishop: "Re: one time pads"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Relevant Pages
|
