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

[Ferecides de Siros]

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Hi Ron,

Indeed, **"res ipsa loquitur"** - the thing does speak for itself. Section 3.1 explicitly 
states that OTP distribution occurs via secure out-of-band channels, which is 
the **sine qua non** of information-theoretic systems. 

This is not an oversight but a fundamental characteristic acknowledged **ab initio** in the paper. 
The academic value lies in exploring the theoretical limits of security, **ipso facto**, not in 
claiming practical convenience. 

As the ancients said, **"ex falso quodlibet"** - from falsehood, anything follows. If we reject 
systems requiring secure initial channels, we must also reject quantum key distribution and most 
PKI implementations, which ultimately rely on similar trust assumptions.

**Ad fontes** - the contribution here is in solving the previously unsolved multi-party state 
synchronization problem, not in rediscovering known key distribution constraints.

Best,
Hitokiri
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On Sunday, September 7th, 2025 at 20:39, Ron Garret <ron at flownet.com> wrote:

> > On Sep 7, 2025, at 4:02 PM, Ferecides de Siros filosofarte at protonmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > The key distribution mechanism is explicitly addressed in section 3.1 of the paper.
> 
> 
> This is what section 3.1 has to say:
> 
> "Our system consists of: ... Participants sharing a common OTP file distributed via secure out-of-band channel."
> 
> Res ipsa loquitur.
> 
> rg