>An uncrackable system would have to have random keys, with random >timing as well. A brute force attack could easily determin a fixed >key since the data of a static image is unchanging. A real live video signal from a camera starts out as an analog phenomenon. There will be noise in the signal, so each frame won't be identical. (And even if it were, one could add a little noise of their own) Barry -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.