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Actually, here are ten. 2^.5 3^.5 2^(1/3) 5^.5 5^(1/3) 7^.5 11^.5 13^.5 17^.5 Pi For that patter the nth root of any prime number. A lifetime of "pads" could be distributed in one trip. Of course this still means that you have to make the trip, and write down all of the above with a referring codeword or number. Cheap, I know. Wonder if this type of "one time pad" is as foolproof as truly randomly generated ones.
At 5:39 PM -0800 11/12/96, Sean Roach wrote: >Actually, here are ten. >2^.5 >3^.5 >2^(1/3) >5^.5 >5^(1/3) >7^.5 >11^.5 >13^.5 >17^.5 >Pi >For that patter the nth root of any prime number. >A lifetime of "pads" could be distributed in one trip. Of course this still >means that you have to make the trip, and write down all of the above with a >referring codeword or number. >Cheap, I know. Wonder if this type of "one time pad" is as foolproof as >truly randomly generated ones. You needn't wonder. These are not one time pads. Read any opening chapter of any book on crypto to see why. However, there might be a good company you could put together around this idea. (I wonder why nobody has thought of something so easy....) --Tim "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." [NYT, 1996-10-02] We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Timothy C. May wrote: > At 5:39 PM -0800 11/12/96, Sean Roach wrote: > >Actually, here are ten. > >2^.5 > >3^.5 > >2^(1/3) > >5^.5 > >5^(1/3) > >7^.5 > >11^.5 > >13^.5 > >17^.5 > >Pi > >For that patter the nth root of any prime number. > >A lifetime of "pads" could be distributed in one trip. Of course this still > >means that you have to make the trip, and write down all of the above with a > >referring codeword or number. > >Cheap, I know. Wonder if this type of "one time pad" is as foolproof as > >truly randomly generated ones. > > You needn't wonder. These are not one time pads. Read any opening chapter > of any book on crypto to see why. > > However, there might be a good company you could put together around this idea. > > (I wonder why nobody has thought of something so easy....) > this was proposed a couple months ago by a Robert Shueey, he first posted asking if "Irrational=Random". not sure if he got any responses. > > --Tim > > > "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM > that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." > [NYT, 1996-10-02] > We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. > ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- > Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, > tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero > W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, > Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. > "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway." > > > > >