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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
11 Jan 1999 22:17:29 -0500
Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de> writes:
> Jim Gillogly wrote:
> > Mok-Kong Shen writes some text on how to construct stream ciphers
> > that may or may not have useful cryptological properties. However,
> > calling them Pseudo-OTP immediately puts the discussion into disrepute,
> > because this is an attempt to carry the authority of OTP into a region
> > where it doesn't apply.
> >
> > You're designing stream ciphers. These are not OTPs.
[...]
> First of all, I don't think terminology is that extremely important.
I agree with Jim. You are, at the very least, making yourself look foolish.
Perry
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:02