@zeynep @normative @SteveBellovin Does a one-time pad not count as "mundane"?
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Replying to @bhpascal
@bhpascal@normative@SteveBellovin No! Germany beat Russia on the eastern front in the first month of WWI because Russia screwed that up.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@bhpascal@normative One-time pads? In August 1914? Citation, please! They did screw up their crypto, but I doubt it was OTPs.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SteveBellovin
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative Actually, it's a great example of difference between public key and old-style cryptography/secrecy.. +1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative They couldn't get their system to all three divisions; communicated in plain; Germans fished in barrel.+2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@bhpascal@normative Right, that was what I remembered.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SteveBellovin
@SteveBellovin@zeynep@bhpascal@normative I ask because I've done research on OTP history; there is a rumor that Russia did have it early1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @SteveBellovin
@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative I will find the citation; not sure if it was OTP or not but the issue was getting a pad to a place.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zeynep
@zeynep@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative IIRC, the issue was a codebook and new ciphers, not a pad.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @NetNezva
@NetNezva@SteveBellovin@bhpascal@normative You may well be right; though same issue would have been with pad. Pads need to get to places.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@NetNezva @SteveBellovin @bhpascal @normative Pads must *securely* get to places. Pretty darn hard in practice. Public keys.. float around.
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