Craig Bishop <csb @
connect .
com .
au> wrote:
> I was contacted and asked whether I was interested in software which
> which used a one time pad for encrytion.
>
> It comes from Elementrix an Isreali company is offering encrypted email,
> ftp and what they call "personal firewall" software.
>
> This software uses a One Time Pad via a patent pending method. I am no
> encryption expert and the information available is limited but it would
> seem to me that there is no way to do this over the internet securely.
A one-time pad is only as secure as its distribution medium (remember, both
parties in a communication need the same pad). As the John Walker spy case
here in the states demonstrates, secure distribution of the pads is a
non-trivial challenge.
In theory, one-time pads are infinitely secure, but caveat emptor (not a slam
against Elementrix, just that the devil is in the details).
--
- Ted
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