To-do list for One-time pad: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2022-06-12
A worked example of a one-time pad is needed, showing how two different pads can be used to decrypt a ciphertext into contradictory plaintexts.
The history of the invention of the one-time pad
An explanation of why, when hearing that a piece of encryption software uses a "one-time pad", most cryptographers burst into peals of hysterical laughter (cf. Snake oil (cryptography).
Maybe instructions on how to make a pad by hand.
Section on quantum/post quantum crypto. (if somebody could look it over that would be great)
- Cite uncited sections
- The mistake found in Shannon's proof and the counterexample should be included
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