[OTR-users] OTR in jeopardy?

[Ian Goldberg]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:07:04AM -0400, Alex wrote:
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147220/ibms_cellbased_roadrunner_supercomputer_is_worlds_fastest.html
> I think we have something to worry about now. I guess nothing beats a
> good ol' OTP.

Even generously giving that computer the ability to search 2^50 keys per
second, you do realize that 2^128 is much, much bigger than 2^50, right?
:-)

Lots of things beat good ol' OTP in practice, because of OTP's
unreasonable keying requirements.

   - Ian