From:	Adam Getchell <acgetche@****.UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: the 29 virus
Date:	Thu, 2 Feb 1995 14:50:29 -0800

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:

> ANY machine has vulnerabilities; accept this as a fact just as any
> encryption scheme can be broken, given enough time and effort.

Except the Vernan cipher, eh Rat?
For those not aware of the reference, I'm referring to a system
of constructing an unbreakable code using a key to which random numbers
have been added. Of course, the key has to be as long as the sent
message, and the numbers have to be truly random (a random-number
generator won't cut it).
The details were long and gory, as part of a quantum cryptography
scheme that enables the reciever to determine if a message has been
tapped, and what percentage of data has been compromised. A mathematical
technique can then distill a subset that has likely not been
compromised. This is used as the key in a Public Key Encryption scheme.

> Rat <ratinox@***.neu.edu> | Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

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