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Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
The Deviant wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Ben Laurie wrote:
> > And...
> >
> > "Believe it or not, there is a perfect encryption system. It's called a
> > one-time pad..."
> >
>
> Ahh... an OTP isn't unbreakable. Its just so encredibly breakable that
> you never know which break was the correct one ;)
Note that Schneier says "perfect", not "unbreakable".
Cheers,
Ben.
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