Re: TechTips: dealing with =really sensitive= data ...

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From: J French
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 00:00

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On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:25:09 +0100, "Dirk Claessens"
<will.bounce@back.com> wrote:

>J French <jerry@iss.u-net.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
>3a1511c3.3547255@news.u-net.com...
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>> Effectively this is a one time pad, and is pretty much unbreakable.
>>
>
>Sure, but not just "pretty much" , a one time pad *is* unbreakable IF :
>- the key is random.
>- the key is at least as long as the plaintext message.
>Even today, numerous radio messages from WWII cannot be decoded, because
>they were encrypted with one time pads.

Totally agreed - what I was suggesting(/hinting at) was re-using a one
time pad a few times - a subtle difference, but much more convenient
for applications.

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