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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by reedjosh on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:27PM (#27102405)
Couldn't a service provider use an internet backbone with a one time pad comms protocol to essentially have a secure controls channel?

Then once a year a rep could fly out a few terabytes of OTP to each location and all comms would be impenetrable.

Sure beats a parallel physical comms system cost wise.

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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by justin_oaks on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:33PM (#27102432)
Maybe that'd make sense if it was the encryption that was broken. I wouldn't suggest a one-time pad for anything where modern encryption works just fine.
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