Timeline for Is my cipher secure?
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| Aug 31, 2013 at 17:53 | comment | added | CodesInChaos |
At minimum your code is silly. The provable security of a one time pad relies on truly random data, so you can't use /dev/urandom. If you don't need provable security (hint: you don't), then a simple stream cipher is just as strong as a OTP like construction, but far nicer to use.
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| Jun 29, 2013 at 6:06 | vote | accept | kyle k | ||
| S Jun 29, 2013 at 6:05 | history | suggested | Anthon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Moved import statement into code block so it is formatted, Spelling, grammar
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| Jun 29, 2013 at 5:14 | answer | added | Lstor | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 4:40 | answer | added | Anthon | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 4:31 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 2:49 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 2:45 | comment | added | Loki Astari | Crypto is a very specialized topic. General programers will be able to critique your code style not your crypto strength. Go to a specialized group for that: crypto.stackexchange.com | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 2:32 | history | asked | kyle k | CC BY-SA 3.0 |