I have literally never in my life seen any meaningful use case for the OTP
after about 1974.
It's not part of a sensible discussion. :)
On May 4, 2021 4:46:31 PM CDT, vedaal via Gnupg-users
wrote:
>Or, for the really paranoid ;-)you can have random data on a read-only
>mini cdrom,and use it
On 5/4/2021 at 1:19 PM, "Ingo Klöcker" wrote:I'd always use full
disk encryption ideally with the key stored on a USB
token. Otherwise, with a very good passphrase.
And, after use, wipe the disk and destroy the token.
Modern enterprise-level SSDs also have secure erase, but, of course,
you'd
Or, for the really paranoid ;-)you can have random data on a read-only
mini cdrom,and use it as an OTP, and throw it into a garbage
incinerator afterwards.
If you are up against adversaries where this is necessary,this methods
may ultimately not help ...
=
On 5/4/2021 at 1:19 PM, "Ingo
On Dienstag, 4. Mai 2021 18:47:50 CEST Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users wrote:
> For modern SSDs I generally recommend a single pass with random data:
>
> dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/foo bs=1M
>
> (Don't forget the blocksize [bs] parameter; it can improve speed
> significantly.)
>
> This is
Modern harddisks don't allow that anymore. Should I assume that
"low-level format" in this case means something like
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX
[puts on forensics professional hat]
Good question! The tl;dr of it is that the technique to wipe a hard
drive will vary according to the kind of
Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon is excellent. I strongly
recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading & is interested in crypto.
Part of the plot involves a cipher that operates a bit like RC-4,
permuting an array, but the array is a deck of cards.
https://www.schneier.com/academic/solitaire/
Sandy Harris wrote:
Ralph Seichter via Gnupg-users wrote:
* Stefan Vasilev via Gnupg-users:
How would you solve this task?
With Alice having to rely on cryptography she can do in her head?
Some shift cipher and carrier pigeons. :-)
Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon is excellent. I
Am Montag 19 April 2021 23:49:56 schrieb Shridhar Mysore via Gnupg-users:
>
> Kleopatra cannot be run as adminstrator without breaking file permissions
> in the GnuPG data folder.
(For completeness here in the ML)
https://wiki.gnupg.org/Gpg4win/RunAsUser
Best,
Bernhard
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Ralph Seichter via Gnupg-users wrote:
>
> * Stefan Vasilev via Gnupg-users:
>
> > How would you solve this task?
>
> With Alice having to rely on cryptography she can do in her head?
> Some shift cipher and carrier pigeons. :-)
Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon is excellent. I strongly
