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Re: Ransomware

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"Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> writes:
>"Osmium" wrote:
><snip>
> > But theory says you need a random number generator and, sadly, RC4 is not 
>a
>> random number generator.
>
>Should be: But theory says you need a random number generator to create a 
>one-time pad and, sadly, RC4 is not a random number generator. 
>

There's a random number generator in the CRC Math Handbook that would
work, if a bit slowly.

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Re: Ransomware "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-20 13:46 -0600
  Re: Ransomware scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-22 15:14 +0000
    Re: Ransomware "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-22 10:12 -0600
      Re: Ransomware "hgww" <hgww@gmail.com> - 2016-02-23 04:13 +1100
      Re: Ransomware scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-22 17:26 +0000
        Re: Ransomware "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-22 12:00 -0600
          Re: Ransomware sidd@situ.com (sidd) - 2016-02-22 13:19 -0500
          Re: Ransomware scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-22 18:28 +0000
            Re: Ransomware "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-22 13:26 -0600
            Re: Ransomware Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-02-24 09:24 -0500
          Re: Ransomware Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-22 15:19 -0600
            Re: Ransomware Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-22 15:57 -0600
              Re: Ransomware Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-22 16:27 -0600
                Re: Ransomware Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-22 17:57 -0600
            Re: Ransomware "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-22 15:59 -0600
              Re: Ransomware Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2016-02-22 20:54 -0600
                Re: Ransomware Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-22 21:27 -0600
                Re: Ransomware Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-02-25 08:33 -0500
            Re: Ransomware Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-02-24 09:23 -0500
              Re: Ransomware "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-24 08:40 -0600

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