One-time pad
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one-time-pad-183-7649754
title:
One-time pad
text:
In cryptography, the one-time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a single-use pre-shared key that is larger than or equal to the size of the message being sent. In this technique, a plaintext is paired with a random secret key. Then, each bit or character of the plaintext is encrypted by combining it with the corresponding bit or character from the pad using modular addition. The resulting ciphertext will be impossible to decrypt or break if the
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Encryption technique
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
date created:
2001-09-21T16:52:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T18:47:24Z
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