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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: One time pads?
Message-ID: <7315@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 22 Feb 88 12:40:23 GMT
References: <4209@june.cs.washington.edu> <1988Feb15.151522.5094@utzoo.uucp> <7272@brl-smoke.ARPA> <4104@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <4104@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> substantial pads of random numbers pose concealment problems.
>gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) wrote:
>> Yes, possession of such a pad would be considered evidence of ill intent.
>Why am I not surprised that a government employee would consider possession of
>pads of random numbers as "evidence of ill intent"?

We were talking about suspected spies.  Yes, it would be circumstantial
evidence, but combined with other evidence it might be decisive.

I don't know why you think I'm a "government toady" -- do you have
evidence of that?