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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: One-time pads, military field communication
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Date: Mon, 26-May-86 19:03:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 26 19:03:52 1986
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> ...One-time pads are primarily used
> by espionage agents, who conceal them carefully...

And for diplomatic communications, where secure distribution of substantial
volumes of key isn't hard and high-grade communications security is vital.
To take the most extreme case, the Washington-Moscow Hotline uses one-time
encryption for its data.  (Contrary to popular belief, the Hotline is a
teletypewriter link, not a voice line.)
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