Comment Re:If you want to make money, patent it (Score 1) 868
My take on his "revolutionary" idea is that he has the idea of taking the OTP and using the XORed value of the plaintext and the OTP to determine the next offset value to use for the OTP. Effective, but still more or less an OTP. Plaintext attacks are slightly less dangerous, but still an OTP.
The biggest problem is turning the OTP into a "many-time pad" is that it's effectiveness is degraded each time it is used. It has been some years since I have checked out the sci.crypt groups for the most recent fads in encryption, but something tells me this idea has popped up more than once. If it hasn't, let this serve as the prior art to all future patents.
The proper use of the one-time pad requires what the name implies, one-time.
The biggest problem is turning the OTP into a "many-time pad" is that it's effectiveness is degraded each time it is used. It has been some years since I have checked out the sci.crypt groups for the most recent fads in encryption, but something tells me this idea has popped up more than once. If it hasn't, let this serve as the prior art to all future patents.
The proper use of the one-time pad requires what the name implies, one-time.
