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You are talking about symmetric keys. There's nothing random about it, except for perhaps the generation of said key. If you have a mechanism to generate the sa
by vegardx 8y ago
You are talking about symmetric keys. There's nothing random about it, except for perhaps the generation of said key. If you have a mechanism to generate the same key on both ends, then the mechanism /is/ the key.
- DanBC 8y agoThey're talking about a product that used one time pads, and you know they must be random to work. The pads were put on vinyl records, and used to encode audio signals for telephone lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY