17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
FBI, has cleared it for export because the system allows access to specific documents for which an appropriate court order has been issued. The company expects the product to be received warmly overseas, since the U.S. government cannot decode information at will. Pardon me if I'm a bit slow here but isn't this just a less space-efficient form of key escrow? Shouldn't you keep the pad secret and then trash it after use?
And if a pad is distributed using a traditional encryption system isn't the security of the "OTP" then the same as the method used to send it? Don't you need secret agents handcuffed to briefcases to distribute real OTPs? Mike