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One-Time Pad Encryption With No Pad?

Posted by timothy on from the strength-of-weakest-link dept.

thepooleboy writes: "The Globe and Mail has an article about a Toronto area company that has perfected 'Unbreakable Encryption' using the Vernam Cipher." The idea is to use as a one-time pad a large number generated by equations sent with an initial (proprietary) exchange which takes place when users connect to an equipped server. Since real one-time pads' numbers are by definition random and known in advance to both sender and receiver, though, the company seems to be playing fast-and-loose with their terms.

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  1. I've seen this before... by jonfromspace · · Score: 1, Redundant

    check out Non-Elephant. Gotta love that one-time pad model...

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  2. I'm no crypto expert, but by Another+MacHack · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I have a copy of "Applied Cryptography" somewhere, which is enough to spout off on slashdot as if I were an expert.