POTP gets good press
Bryce
wilcoxb at nagina.cs.colorado.edu
Wed Feb 7 19:20:38 PST 1996
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I, Bryce, wrote:
> Content: includes diagrams entitled "Link Level Encryption"
> in which sender transmits keys to receiver, and "Packet
> Level Encryption" in which sender transmits key sto
> certificate authority which transmits them to multiple
> receivers, and "Synchronized Random Key Generation (SRKG)"
> a la "Power One Time Pad" in which no keys are transmitted
> and multiple recievers magically decipher messages via
> built-in encryption devices.
>
> Am I right in thinking this is utter unmitigated
> bullsh snake oil? Does anybody have any other
An entity calling itself "Simon Spero
<ses at tipper.oit.unc.edu>" is alleged to have written:
> It could be doing something SKIP like; if the certificates are DH certs,
> it could be using those to generate a shared secret, and combing that
> with an IV to generate a key.
>
> hard to tell from the article
But this would entail a certificate authority to prevent
MITM attack, right? The article clearly claimed that POTP
did away with the necessity of key management completely--
a claim that I find only slightly more believable than a
patent application for a perpetual motion machine.
Regards,
Bryce
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