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Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:37:08 -0500
From: Dan Becker <list@...nixsolutions.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Does this exist ?

Quoting Thomas Pollet <thomas.pollet@...il.com>:

> Hello,
>
> a similar technique has been discussed here:
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/06/perpetual_dogho.html
>
> ("The key is not transferred but is instead created from a file of any
> size that is available on both a computer used to send a secure
> message and a computer used to receive a secure message.")
>
> Regards,
> Thomas Pollet
>
> On 05/07/07, Dan Becker <list@...nixsolutions.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have an idea that won't leave me alone and this list seems to have
>> the most potential for knowing if the idea exists. My apologies for a
>> somewhat offtopic post.
>>
>> Would there be a way to create a  rainbow table of tcp packets to be
>> used to generate one packet for every 1000 or so normal packets simply
>> by matching hashes with databases on both ends ?
>>
>> One could use this for crypto or simply traffic reduction over latent
>> networks such as satellites.
>>
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Thank you all for your replies and math corrections. I think this is  
feasible in certain applications for sure and potentially across the  
board for all applications communicating over the internet.




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