note 48356 added to ref.mcrypt
| From: | amillerofconnextpointnet at osu1 dot php dot net | 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 --
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