Morse.

[ghostsix]

Perhaps we should use this.---...--- `over.When they learn it we can use a one time pad.We have the bucks and the connetions.

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[Bill Martino]

That's about the only Morse I remember, ghost. Of course, good sailor that I was, I mastered swearwords first!

Uncle Bill

 

[JeffPaulsen]

There's always Solitaire encryption - it relies on giving each party an identically stacked deck of cards.

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Namaste,
Jeff Paulsen

 

[Bill Martino]

Card crypto!

Uncle Bill

 

[JeffPaulsen]

If anybody's interested I can post the algorithm. Doing it by hand is slow but very secure - and if you are captured you can destroy the key just by shuffling the deck

Key (used to stack the decks): COMSTOCK

Source: CLIMB MOUNT NIITAKA
Ciphertext: TIGBH VHCCK ZMSFC LIDHZ


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Namaste,
Jeff Paulsen

 

[Bill Martino]

Comstock! There's a Nevada connection.

And, Namaste, Jeff.

Uncle Bill

 

[Dan K]

Hi All,
Is this a very private party or what?
Dan

 

[Bill Martino]

Hi Dan:

Where have you been? I don't know what Morse has to do with khukuris but you never know!

Uncle Bill

 

[allanm]

Jeff, I would be very interested in the algorithm for Solitare encryption. Please post or email me the algorithm.

 

[JeffPaulsen]

It's on the web somewhere... I will look for it later today. Bruce Schneier invented it and he has all the info so I will just post a link to his web page.

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Namaste,
Jeff Paulsen

 

[Bill Martino]

OK, Jeff. I may take a look myself.

And, Namaste, lest I forget my manners.

Uncle Bill

 

[prn]

The Solitaire algorithm is described by its inventor, Bruce Schneier, at
http://www.counterpane.com/solitaire.html

It's pretty cool.


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Paul Neubauer
prn@bsu.edu

 

[JeffPaulsen]

Thanks Paul!

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Namaste,
Jeff Paulsen

 

[allanm]

Thanks Paul. Thanks Jeff. I probably shouldn't be surprised anymore but I really hadn't expected this many forumites to be interested in cryptography. We have khukuris and encryption, I'll bet Dorthy Denning wouldn't be happy.

 

[Bill Martino]

We are a forum of great diversity with interests to match.

Uncle Bill

 

[JeffPaulsen]

yep. da longer i hang out here di verse it gets.

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Namaste,
Jeff Paulsen

 

[Bill Martino]

Groan.

Uncle Bill

 

[Rusty]

Got him good Jeff

 

[Bill Martino]

Looks like we have another one, Rusty. When Cobalt gets back we are really going to have fun!

More medication!

Uncle Bill

 

[ghostsix]

I decided that it would not be a good use of my time to refresh my Morse. I have a dish and can send compressed VOX in a burst transmision.