-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Interesting that IPG sent two copies of this to the list under different nyms. Must be a ploy to get around killfiles. In list.cypherpunks, cypher@cyberstation.net writes:
In support of their position, some have pointed out that John von Neumann, to paraphrase, stated that ARITHMETIC cannot produce random numbers, a thesis which I agree with; but where is that, in any way inconsistent with IPG's position on EUREKA? IPG has produced a system to generate software OTPs, albeit it within limited but more than ample entropy, not software random numbers.
I need quote no mre than this. A PRNG can produce *only* pseudo-random numbers, and nothing else. No amount of handwaving will transform pseudo-random numbers into anything else. The IPG system produces a seeded pseudo-random keystream, which is assuredly not a true one time pad. Another *PLONK*. - -- Roy M. Silvernail [ ] roy@scytale.com DNRC Minister Plenipotentiary of All Things Confusing, Software Division PGP Public Key fingerprint = 31 86 EC B9 DB 76 A7 54 13 0B 6A 6B CC 09 18 B6 Key available from pubkey@scytale.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMmYnGhvikii9febJAQHTfQP/Q0yqGE/35hGjFJLc49r4/nD+tZnRFbY2 IY8/lwuF6SGzp9wBv65bQxNzn6i6g1OLc4knkAKUs+LCtWEZFh9VMj2PyHZH4g/5 150W/6inrjX19oAvCeMNZge3GVx+hGECqLarKb4VZ9or62GZTGmLFrZ4q+CgelsH M30SIVF1fiE= =bq67 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----