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Article #1525Re: A One-Time Way to Thwart Key Registration...
From: Michael McClary
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:13
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:13
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In article <pcw.720808942@access.digex.com> pcw@access.digex.com (Peter Wayner) writes: > >>1) Can you trust the criminals to provide the keys to their data and to use >> those keys (and no others) when transmitting incriminating data? If not, >> what's the point? > >Actually, my favorite solution to this criminal problem is to use >a one-time pad. Then it is possible to come up with two keys. One >that decrypts the conversation into a benign one and one that decrypts >it into the real message. This works if they demand the key after the message was sent. It's a tad harder if you have to register the key in advance of composing the message. B-) -- = = = = = = = = = = Michael McClary mcclary@netcom.com For faster response, address electronic mail to: michael@node.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!mcclary From: mcclary@netcom.com (Michael McClary) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: A One-Time Way to Thwart Key Registration... Keywords: one-time pad Message-ID: <1992Nov11.011331.21831@netcom.com> Date: 11 Nov 92 01:13:31 GMT Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov11.011331.21831 References: <pcw.720808942@access.digex.com> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Lines: 18