[lbo-talk] Secrets...

[Carrol Cox]

There is a terrible problem with one-time pad: producing the key. And with
most methods of encipherment using key you need two characters in the key
for one in the plaintext. And the key has to be random: it can't be produced
by computer. And then you need to get the key into the hands of both ends of
the communication. And of course, the key books have to be protected
(including properly destroyed after use.) The whole procedure is very messy
and using it can become a real nightmare.

(Joanna may have misunderstood what "one-time" means in the phrase "one-time
pad."????)

Carrol

-----Original Message-----
From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]
On Behalf Of JOANNA A.
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 1:21 PM
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Secrets...

I don't know why you insist it was one time. No, this went on for at least a
year or so. 

J 

----- Original Message ----- 
> raw computer power can break encryption

Not one-time pads ... 


> it is helpless to figure out narrative allegory. 

Maybe you just got lucky. The usual thing to do in the face of one time pads
is bring the participants in for questioning and extract the key material
from them physically. 

In any case, congrats to your mom for reinventing one time pads. 

/jordan 

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