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Re:If your cipher were secure, this image wouldn't have repe... by Retric on Friday February 28, 2020 @10:56PM (#22448704)
Nitpick: You can as long as you only use each bit on the OTP once.
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Re:If your cipher were secure, this image wouldn't have repe... by BubRoss on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:14PM (#22448763)
That's just saying the same thing.
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Re:If your cipher were secure, this image wouldn't have repe... by Retric on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:28PM (#22448821)
Historically OTP where shared as physical pads of paper with a different sheet of paper for each message. This is useful as lost messages did not stop communication. If a sheet did not decode the message then try the next sheet.

However, this meant there where leftover bits of each key. Though if you think of each bit as a different key then sure, just start each message with the offset.

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