new idea for random number generation

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Mon Sep 25 14:51:52 PDT 2017


On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:49:10AM -0400, Marina Brown wrote:
> On 09/25/2017 02:38 AM, jim bell wrote:
> > On Sunday, September 24, 2017, 3:25:10 PM PDT, \0xDynamite
> > <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 8/4/17, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com <mailto:jdb10987 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> >>> "Vernam cipher"
> > 
> > 
> >>YES!  That is the cipher.  I can't believe I forgot the name of it.
> > Geez, I'm just re-realizing all of my undergrad training.
> > 
> > 
> >>AFAICT, it is UNBREAKABLE if the keysize is at least half the size of
> > your plaintext.
> >>Marxos
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > My understanding is that the keysize ought to be as long as the message
> > to be encrypted.  
> > 
> > And yes, it is unbreakable...   UNLESS you try to reuse the keys!!!
> >  Google-search the word "Venona" to learn more.
> > 
> >              Jim Bell
> 
> Very very easy to implement too, though getting quality key material is
> a bit of a hassle.
> 
> I have considered filming rough water then taking the low bits and
> repacking them.
> 
> I wonder if low bits from the sounds in a chicken coop would work too.

Out here's a ways in the boonies, we grab dem chicken low bits in
the morning', add milk, scramble up some brekky for the yunguns -
best with cheese, tomaytoes, and onions too when we got 'em;  Pa
likes fresh CIA bacon whupass with 'is...


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