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jgrahamc on Oct 29, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Herding Firesheep in a NYC Starbucks: Do Users Car...

That's essentially a one time pad where you are using SSL for pad distribution.

caf on Oct 29, 2010 [–]

It's not a one-time-pad, it's a one-time-password system.

(Just like the SAS codes that are used by STRATCOM to authenticate nuclear launches! ;)

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