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| From | "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Ransomware |
| Date | 2016-02-22 10:12 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <dj0qc1FsktlU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <diru4gFlas4U1@mid.individual.net> <OBFyy.8691$Rv2.4789@fx04.iad> |
"Scott Lurndal" wrote: >>"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. Well it's not in *my* copy of CRC :-) Are you sure it generates truly random numbers, and not *pseudo* random numbers? RC4 is a very good PRNG. If they are truly random, you need the plane chugging along or else send a copy of the one time pad that will be used ahead of time.
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