Re: The Modernised ASCII-Modulated One-Time Pad Cipher.

In message <fb2d5993-ba6c-40d5-8366-7f1bd5f3c355@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, WTShaw <lurens1@xxxxxxxxx> writes
On Sep 19, 9:42 am, Richard Herring <junk@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
In message
<87232dff-0abd-452d-bbe2-e6379061a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
austin.oby...@xxxxxxxxxxx writes

>In the new OTP called “A Modernised One-Time Pad Cipher”
>http://www.adacrypt.com
>the permutation space is 14250 (factorial) strong – a vast number, the
>key length is 14250 which means a message length of between 1 and
>14250 characters long can be achieved.

Wow. So I can encrypt a single image from my digital camera in less than
150 messages.  And I can send an entire DVD in less than a third of a
million messages.

--
Richard Herring

Please don't quote signatures.

One size fits all usually doesn't. With no real approval of the
crypto method under discussion here, I defend the text oriented
emphasis of some such programs.

Why? Lack of generality implies unnecessary structure which may help an attacker.

A few choice words, or even one, can
change the world...and has.

Non sequitur.

--
Richard Herring
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