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Re: OTP server..
On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Black Unicorn wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> How about WWW one time pad servers? You browse to your
>> favorite OTP server, which has a random number generator
>> running in the background. You tell it to give you a block
>> of X bytes, and mail it to persons 1, 2, 3, ... N.
>> [...]
>> Thoughts?
>>
> I think you're trusting the server a GREAT deal.
A small addition to the protocol whereby the recipient gives the random
data the once-over with a personal IDEA key would be sufficient to
eliminate any doubts about the server.
- Andy
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