17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Bryan Waters wrote:
TriStrata has announced that is has a product that provides OTP without the pad distribution problem. The product also has a unique key-recovery system. Check out:
No pad distribution problem, but it has a key-recovery system, AND the pad is truly random?
for details.
This must be a typo: that URL doesn't contain any details.
I wish there were more details. Namely how they generate their 10^30 byte "virtual keystream".
Which brings up one more point: the web page mentions the estimated time it takes to "defeat" an encrypted message, via brute force. If it really was a one-time pad, it wouldn't be possible to "defeat" it by brute-force. -Caj