Re: transmitting passwords securely

From	Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.security
Subject	Re: transmitting passwords securely
Date	2013-02-27 13:04 +0100
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On 30/12/2012 14:22, Roedy Green allegedly wrote:
> 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?
> 
> 

I'd say take a hint from TLS. It uses symmetric encryption for its
operations, and asymmetric encryption to bootstrap the process.

-- 
DF.

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  Re: transmitting passwords securely Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-02-27 13:04 +0100

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