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Old 02-09-2008, 10:22 PM
Sebastian G.
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Default Re: Truecrypt 5.0 Released (now with system partition encryption)

Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer wrote:

> it spotlights why OTP is considered
> the only truly unbreakable form of encryption. If a ciphertext can
> potentially be "anything", it's impossible to even know if you've
> successfully decrypted it or not. ;)



OTP's security comes from the fact that knowing the message doesn't change
the a priory probability of the plaintext. It never claimed that all
plaintexts are equally likely.

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