thoughts on one time pads

[bear]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Adam Fields wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 06:09:52PM -0800, bear wrote:
>[...]
>> Of course, the obvious application for this OTP material,
>> other than text messaging itself, is to use it for key
>> distribution.
>
>Perhaps I missed something, but my impression was that the original
>post asked about how a CD full of random data could be used as a key
>distribution mechanism.

You did not miss anything; I confirmed the OP's supposition
explicitly, and I agree with it in principle.

				Bear

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