Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)

Andreas Bogk andreas at artcom.de
Wed Feb 21 20:06:54 PST 1996


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>>>>> "Derek" == Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> writes:

    Derek> Actually, this statement is false.  What you have is a
    Derek> pseudo one-time pad, not a true one-time pad.  It's close,
    Derek> though.  The problem is that the means that you use to

It's not even close. A PRNG-stream can be brute-forced, even if it
uses an otherwise secure RNG. A OTP cannot.

Andreas



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