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True. A one-time pad as a consumer encryption has yet to be realized though, even though the programming effort needed to create a system like this is low. It'
by nob 14y ago
True.
A one-time pad as a consumer encryption has yet to be realized though, even though the programming effort needed to create a system like this is low. It's even easier to use such a system in todays world of 64 GB USB drives. (64 GB could be used as a key for almost a life-time of text correspondance.)
What the public would benefit from is a system that works as follows:
- Program has a create key mode. Lets you specify key size, or use the rest of the capacity (eg. a full thumb stick).
- Creates two of these files (one for each participant).
- Has a simple interface for encrypting/decrypting content
based on the key file.
- Each message is prefixed with the offset of the file
- Party 1 starts at the beginning of the file. Party 2 at the end of the file. In order to avoid resending data using the same offset. When they get close to overlapping in the middle, they create a new key.