Re: One-Time_Pad

From: MacGregor K. Phillips (mkp_at_topsecretcrypto.com)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:53:03 +0800

"Neko" <neutral_insomniac@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bnrp3q$154egi$1@ID-198243.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Ok. Lets say that I have a purely random (not pseudo) source that can
> generate any type of data (binary, hex, digits etc...) and I have a
> computer to print it in any form I want. After I print this off, I
> would make it into a little book that would be highly portable. I would
> generate a copy of this pad and give it to my accomplice, and we would
> keep our pads in sync by tearing off any pages that we use, if even we
> only use one element of that pad. Maybe we'll even have two pads each,
> one for messages both ways. What would be the best way to have the pad
> set up? Should I do letters, and add them modulo 26, should I do
> digits? If so, how many? I've seen a pad with rows of random 5-digit
> numbers that looked pretty cool. Also, how on earth would I get it from
> my computer to an easy way to cut it all out and attatch the pages
> together? How many letters per page should I make it? I just want to
> know if any of you make one time pads, and if so, how do you do it?
> Again, any and all advice will be helpful. Thank you!!!

If you want to generate one-time pads of any length try my program Top
Secret Crypto Gold. It allows you to create one-time pads of any desired
length and it prints out two copies, one for you and one for the person you
want to correspond with. You can download the latest version at
http://www.topsecretcrypto.com/files/Tsc300.exe. I will be posting a free
for personal use version when I post the next update to my program, but it
can be downloaded now at http://www.topsecretcrypto.com/files/Tsc210.exe.

MacGregor K. Phillips