transmitting passwords securely

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.security
Subject	transmitting passwords securely
Date	2012-12-30 05:22 -0800
Organization	Canadian Mind Products
Message-ID	<fif0e8puo49c1krga61ds8r7n7kuf61v38@4ax.com> (permalink)

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I have been writing a one-time pad encryption system. 

The key weakness in the system is you must deliver the random pads
ahead of time securely.  I thought of putting them on a USB protected
by AES and a passphrase. 

The catch is the receiver still has to know the passphrase to use the
pads when they arrive.

How would you go about having either end inform the other of the
password?


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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Students who hire or con others to do their homework are as foolish 
as couch potatoes who hire others to go to the gym for them.

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