Subj : Numbers stations
To   : Digital Man
From : Deuce
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 04:04 pm

  Re: Numbers stations
  By: Digital Man to Deuce on Thu Aug 18 2005 12:34:00

 >  > The only way to decode it is to 1: discover what each number means then 2
 >  > Figure out what book/magazine/etc the OTP is.
 > 
 > In that example, that's true, but that's not typically how an OTP is applied
 > Your example is similar to the Beele Treasure book cipher, which I never rea
 > thought of as a OTP.

Yeah, generally the randomness is contained in the pad itself.  Also of course,
since the book/magazine/whatever is published, it's incorrect use of an OTP.

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