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Old 10-25-2009, 03:24 AM   #1
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Cool The Dark Night and Null Key Encryption


I watched "The Dark Night" the second time tonight. (Batman rules!) Awesome movie, however I noticed that in the scene where Bruce Wayne is showing his sonar-based cell phone device to Fox, he tells Fox that the device is "null key encrypted," and that therefore only Fox can use it.

Last time I checked, "null encryption" meant to use no encryption. But I was curious if maybe it was also techno-slang for one-time pad encryption, or some other use I had not heard of.
 
Old 10-25-2009, 03:44 AM   #2
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The fact it may be perceived as mildly entertaining one could see as a bonus but the aim of the movie is to rake in money, not reflect reality.
 
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Maybe this:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4785
 
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A null encryption is impossablwe
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