Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)

Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com
Wed Feb 21 09:22:57 PST 1996



Dan Bailey writes:
> My suggestion
> is to post the OTP-expansion algorithm to sci.crypt.

Call it what it is -- a pseudo-random number generator, at best. As
you likely know (but the IPG folks don't seem to care) you can't
"expand" a one time pad. One time means ONE TIME. Look at how the NSA
broke the Venona intercepts of of even two-time use of keying material.

Perry






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