OTP

[Paul Bradley]

> Where do these idiots come from and why do they end up on this mailing list?

I have asked myself the same question many a time when reading your 
inane and witless postings

> > > Can you explain to me how your one time pad algorithm is any better than
> > > encryption something with, say, RC4 or any other cipher using a key that
> > > is the same length as the seed for your PRNG?
> >
> > Well for a start there is no possible cryptanalytic (rather than
> > brute force) attack on a one time pad, the system can be
> > mathematically proven to be secure with a very simple bit of
> > statistics.

The proof is intuitive, if there is equal or greater entropy in the 
pad as there is in the message and the pad is used in a proper OPT 
fashion (never repeating) there is no way to determine the correct 
decryption, as simple as that doctor fuckup.
 
As for when I said brute force, fault admitted, I was probably 
thinking about a stream cipher or something, as you know as well as 
me (or probably don`t as you know nothing about cryptography) there 
is no concept of a brute force attack on an OTP as there are many 
correct decryptions for different pads.

 

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