[Spooks] one time pad and repeated messages

[vladimir at suriva.sk]

hi there,

sure yo're right, but think about the possibility that someone put two same pages in the pad or in to two different pads. 

thats what exactly happend in 1941 so the americans where able to break some soviet messages in late 40s. (VENONA project)

vlad. 

> On Feb 3, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Martin VE3OAT <ve3oat at storm.ca> wrote:
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> A small point about terminology.
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> I am no expert either, but it seems to me that a one-time "pad" is like a pad of paper, consisting of a number of individual sheets all attached together at the top.
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> Once a message has been encrypted, or decrypted, the associated sheet is destroyed, not the pad.
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> The pad isn't destroyed until all the sheets comprising it have been destroyed, at which point the pad no longer exists.
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> A small point but perhaps a necessary one.
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> 73,
> ... Martin   VE3OAT
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