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To: Wurlitzer
It's very secure. However, if one has the resources of an unlisted government agency and a basement full of Cray computers at their disposal, even one time pads can be beaten. A defense would be to encrypt garbage along with the "good stuff". This wastes "Agent Smith's" valuable computer time decoding things like grocery shopping lists and your 5-year old's poetry.
8 posted on 05/29/2002 9:38:24 AM PDT by Redcloak
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To: Redcloak
No, onetime pads cannot be broken. One+epsilon time pads can be broken. See the venona pages on the internet.
10 posted on 05/29/2002 9:57:01 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic
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