; picking out which portions of the sequence to use end up becoming
your secret and your sequence is truly only as unpredictable as this secret.
In another sense, the sequence you're using is only as strong as its inputs.
Just my $0.02; please bitchslap me if I got this wrong.
David E. Weekly
Founder
Naive question here, but what if you made multiple one time pads (XORing
them all together to get your true key) and then sent the different pads
via different mechanisms (one via FedEx, one via secure courier, one via
your best friend)? Unless *all* were compromised, the combined key would
still
David E. Weekly[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Which means that you should start thinking about
using OTP *now* if you have secrets you'd like to keep past when an
adversary of yours might have access to a quantum computer. ...
OTPs won't help a bit for that problem.
They're fine
a server that's got a fixed IP,
is up all the time, and has very low latency to most of the Net.
How can we help?
David E. Weekly
Founder Director
California Community Colocation Project
http://CommunityColo.net/
PS: We are entirely volunteer-based. Nobody gets paid.
