Matt Curtin (cmcurtin@interhack.net)
03 Apr 1999 21:24:40 -0400
>>>>> In article <>>>>> In article <3.0.3.32.19990403151347.00be7690@mail>,
Alex Alten <Alten@Home.Com> writes:
Alex> Together these make a
Alex> practical, efficient implementation of it possible. Within 20
Alex> or 30 years it will probably dominate products using
Alex> cryptography, pushing PK and block ciphers into niche areas.
Surely you jest.
Pray, how does a Vernam cipher, given any technological development,
prove superior to a public key cryptosystem in the wild, where key
exchange cannot practically be done in advance?
-- Matt Curtin cmcurtin@interhack.net http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/
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