note 58179 added to ref.mcrypt

From: 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. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mcrypt.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58179 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58179&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58179&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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