Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)

["Richard J. Coleman" <coleman@math.gatech.edu>]

> Perhaps so, but our system does employ a true hardware generated OTP, and 
> operates similiar to what you describe -  however, the important 
> differernce is that we use a smal;l OTP to generate a larger OTP, like 
> stringing the cable across the Golden Gate narrows. Just becuase we 
> convert over from a full OTP to a prime number wheel system configured 
> from the OTP doers not mnean that the result is not an OTP - in theory it 
> is simple to break RSA systems, but factoring a 2048 bit number, or 4096 
> number, or whatever, makes the problem enormous  - our system for large 
> messages/files is similiar in difficult except that it is much nearer 
> an 8192 bit number than 2048. The possibilities to be examined ar4e so 
> large, that iot is not possible to solve then with a computer, even if 
> all the particles in the iuniverse, all 10 to the 80 power of then were 
> a Cray T3E, or better.  Furthermore, all you would get would be all the 
> possiblilities which would be everything!

I'm way out of my league here, but using a small OTP to create a
larger OTP seems impossible on information theoretic grounds.

Richard Coleman
coleman@math.gatech.edu