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Re: Q.E.D.
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Interesting that IPG sent two copies of this to the list under different
nyms. Must be a ploy to get around killfiles.
In list.cypherpunks, [email protected] writes:
> In support of their position, some have pointed out that John
> von Neumann, to paraphrase, stated that ARITHMETIC cannot
> produce random numbers, a thesis which I agree with; but
> where is that, in any way inconsistent with IPG's position on
> EUREKA? IPG has produced a system to generate software OTPs,
> albeit it within limited but more than ample entropy, not
> software random numbers.
I need quote no mre than this. A PRNG can produce *only* pseudo-random
numbers, and nothing else. No amount of handwaving will transform
pseudo-random numbers into anything else. The IPG system produces a
seeded pseudo-random keystream, which is assuredly not a true one time
pad.
Another *PLONK*.
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