Finally... a One-Time-Pad implementation that works!!!
Xcott Craver
caj at math.niu.edu
Mon Jun 29 13:35:07 PDT 1998
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?
> >http://www.tristrata.com
> >
> >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
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