note 58179 added to ref.mcrypt
| From: | amillerofconnextpointnet at osu1 dot php dot net | Date: | Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:55:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 58179 added to ref.mcrypt | ||
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As regards the whole one-time-pad discussion below, I would also add that any one-time pad scheme
which involves the key passing through a computer in any fashion is blown from the very beginning.
At best, you have to rely on a less-secure cipher for key transmission; at (far-from-uncommon)
worst, your key has been written in the clear to some sectors of the disk (for example, by being
swapped out of memory), and awaits only someone with a sector-scanning tool to reveal it.
If you're thinking about Internet security, considering a one-time pad at all, unless
you're planning to use one to protect another cipher system's keys for transmission (and
probably even then!), is a waste of your time.
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