>If you are using a one-time pad cypher, they CAN change it to whatever >they want. Now that is dangerous.
A one-time pad is only useful with the right key. For example, this message I'm now writing can be decrypted to any possible message with the same number of characters. So, using the appropriate key, this text could be interpreted as 1) an assassination plan 2) a plan to take over the world 3) a shopping list 4)...
So I wouldn't worry to much about that. ANY file can be decrypted to what you want by XORing it with the appriopriate key.
What I think is funny is that I thought of this method of creating custom CDs already a couple of years ago - I should have patented it then!
Another idea I had before someone actually implemented it was phonecalls over the internet. Then again, sometimes I've come up with something and discovered it's old news (bucket sort, for example). But I guess that happens to everyone. Maybe I now should patent a few other ideas I have...
"The weird thing is that people in the electronics/embedded market seem to earn far less than people working for banks doing straightforward VB SQL stuff. Realtime control work always strikes me as the hardest thing in software, so how come Database developers get payed so much more?"
Simply put, it's because your pay is ultimately based on the (potential) business value of what you do. Difficult things do not necessarily mean they're worth a lot on the market.
Slashdot Mirror
>they want. Now that is dangerous.
A one-time pad is only useful with the right key. For example, this message I'm now writing can be decrypted to any possible message with the same number of characters. So, using the appropriate key, this text could be interpreted as ...
1) an assassination plan
2) a plan to take over the world
3) a shopping list
4)
So I wouldn't worry to much about that. ANY file can be decrypted to what you want by XORing it with the appriopriate key.
Sebastian
Another idea I had before someone actually implemented it was phonecalls over the internet. Then again, sometimes I've come up with something and discovered it's old news (bucket sort, for example). But I guess that happens to everyone. Maybe I now should patent a few other ideas I have...
Sebastian
Simply put, it's because your pay is ultimately based on the (potential) business value of what you do. Difficult things do not necessarily mean they're worth a lot on the market.
Beis