Re: One time pads

StableXYZN5 wrote:
> The concept of a OTP is familiar to me, however there is one thing I do
> not understand about them:
>
> Suppose Alice wishes to send a message M to Bob. Bob has the OTP key,
> and alice encrypts M with the OTP key, then destroys it. Pretend that
> Bob doesnt want this message decrypted until one week later, and thus
> he needs to keep the OPT key untill that time (otherwise there will be
> no way to decrypt it!). Where and how is this OPT key kept until
> decrpytion??
>

Inside a safe with armed guards.

Andrew Swallow
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:44:34 2005