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Re: thoughts on one time pads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bear)
Fri Jan 27 16:07:50 2006
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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:22:06 -0800 (PST)
From: bear <bear@sonic.net>
To: Adam Fields <cryptography23094893@aquick.org>
Cc: "Travis H." <solinym@gmail.com>, cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <20060127023809.GD28317@lola.aquick.org>
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Adam Fields wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 06:09:52PM -0800, bear wrote:
>[...]
>> Of course, the obvious application for this OTP material,
>> other than text messaging itself, is to use it for key
>> distribution.
>
>Perhaps I missed something, but my impression was that the original
>post asked about how a CD full of random data could be used as a key
>distribution mechanism.
You did not miss anything; I confirmed the OP's supposition
explicitly, and I agree with it in principle.
Bear
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