ArbiterPay Security Flaw

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by johnny d

I find the bolded, underlined part very hard to believe, especially if the process is repeatable such that each time you enter the same sequence of letters, numbers, and symbols, they get converted into the exact same sequence of new letters, numbers, and symbols over and over again. It would not take a human cryptographer years to break that system, let alone a computer. Even without the algorithm, if you have access to multiple passwords and what they are converted to, it would not take that long to determine the algorithm.

Let me simplify greatly (it's not THIS easy, but it illustrates the issue)...

What is 6x6? 36
What is 4x9? 36
What is 2x18? 36

If I told you that the question (algorithm) was AxB, and told you the answer (encryption) was 36 ... can you tell me, for sure, what A and B is? No.

[HawkeyeCubP]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Let me simplify greatly (it's not THIS easy, but it illustrates the issue)...

What is 6x6? 36
What is 4x9? 36
What is 2x18? 36

If I told you that the question (algorithm) was AxB, and told you the answer (encryption) was 36 ... can you tell me, for sure, what A and B is? No.

I was told there wouldn't be any math.

[rsl]

Originally Posted by HawkeyeCubP

I was told there wouldn't be any math.

Come on, this the first post in my many years reading the forum that I may know as much about the topic as Bob. But I will still listen to him- always listen to Bob!