Re: Standard for SteGAnography

[Sergey Goldgaber <sergey@delbruck.pharm.sunysb.edu>]

On Fri, 4 Mar 1994, Eli Brandt wrote:

> > know = 100% objective certainty
> 
> Well, OTP gives you this.  Probabilistic encryption does too, I
> think (the original version -- not the practical version).  Quantum
> cryptography is pretty close, depending on how much trust you place
> in the laws of physics.  Granted, none of these are very useful.
> 

Newbie questions:  What is OTP?  What about probabilistic encryption
                   vs quantum cryptography?

How do they give one 100% certainty that they can't be broken?

> The question is, 100% objective certainty of *what*?  If breaking a
> scheme were provably exponential-time, that'd be enough for me.
> 

100% objective certainty of the scheme's invulnerability.

> > Sergey
> 
>    Eli   ebrandt@hmc.edu
> 
> 

Sergey :)