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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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