note 48356 added to ref.mcrypt

From: Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:03:11 +0000
Subject: note 48356 added to ref.mcrypt
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"Anonymous'" comment of Nov 19th refers to an encryption scheme known as a 'one-time pad'. Anonymous forgot to mention that, while it's true the one-time pad is secure as long as the key's kept secret, it's also necessary to avoid reusing keys -- multiple plaintexts encrypted using a single key are insecure, too, because of collisions, and that's why it's called a 'one-time pad'. Hope this helps -- ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mcrypt.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+48356 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48356&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48356&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48356&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48356&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48356&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+48356&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+48356&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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