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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by Xylakant on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @10:13AM (#7553501)
And even this is in practice a problem: How do you distribute and secure the pads?

A lot of problems in cryptosystems stem from implementation details - think side-channel attacks, exploits, ...

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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by IvyMike on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @01:17PM (#7554716)
"I know! I'll use a PRNG to create the one-time pad on the fly!"
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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by kevincrane on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @12:32PM (#7554440)
Well that's exactly the reason the one-time pad isn't used anywhere. It's perfectly secure but basically impossible to actually implement securely because of key distribution.
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