[Cryptography] New White Paper: GhostLine - Information-Theoretically Secure Multi-Party Chat

[Ferecides de Siros]

Hi Ron Garret,

Thank you for your comments. The key distribution issue is indeed addressed in section 3.1 of the paper - OTP material is distributed via secure out-of-band channels, which is the standard approach for information-theoretic systems.

Regarding pseudonymity: like many cryptographic researchers (including Satoshi Nakamoto), I maintain privacy while allowing the work to stand on its mathematical merits. The security proofs in sections 6.1-6.4 are what matter, not the author's identity.

I welcome specific technical criticism of the cryptographic constructions or security proofs.

Best,Hitokiri

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On Saturday, September 6th, 2025 at 20:48, Ron Garret <ron at flownet.com> wrote:

>> On Sep 5, 2025, at 9:02 PM, Ferecides de Siros via cryptography <cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to share my new white paper for community discussion and feedback.
>
> I'm posting this as a public service to the crypto list. I looked at this paper so you don't have to. The paper appears superficially plausible, but the general heuristic that any mention of a one-time-pad is a strong indicator of crackpottery applies here. AFAICT on a cursory reading, the paper isn't wrong, it just leaves out one teensy little detail: key exchange. There is a reason that OTP is never used in practice despite being information-theoretically secure.
>
> There are additional clues: the "From" header lists the senders name as "Ferecides de Siros" [1] but the message body and the paper both say that the author's name is "Hitokiri Battosai" [2], and the "about me" page on the web site listed in the contact information in the paper says "I'm Aristoh4ck8r, the enigmatic force behind the curtain."
>
> My bogometer is pegged.
>
> rg
>
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> [1] https://en.absolutviajes.com/Greece/ferecides-of-siros/
>
> [2] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hitokiri+Battousai
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