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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by klodolph on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @01:09PM (#7554679)
There are two known unbreakable encryption schemes, the other one is Shamir's Secret Sharing.
Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by rhth54656 on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @01:32PM (#7554811)
I believe you misrepresented that algorithm. While it is true that Shamir's Secret Sharing is unbreakable if you split the actual clear text among participants, it is not used that way. The actual use is to use SSS to encrypt and distribute the key used to encrypt the clear text.
Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by klodolph on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @04:45PM (#7555894)
I think you are describing a larger encryption scheme that uses SSS as a component. I am talking about SSS itself, which is unbreakable, from an information theoretic standpoint. You can use SSS to split the clear text among all participants, even if most people don't use it that way to construct larger systems.