Re: manual cryptography

From: Simon Johnson (Ckwop_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/29/03 

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:59:58 +0000 (UTC)

Neko wrote:
> What is the best paper and pencil method other than the one-time-pad of
> encrypting a message without spending more than a minute per letter
> encrypting?
>

One time pad.. simply because no secure solution exists other than this.

Simon. 

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