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T needs to prepare the encrypted list of air routes
He has essentially two choices
 
He can make up an alias list and encrypt the correct route information
If V flips heads, T reveals all the encryption keys
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| ai500 br558 | ai500 po839 | ai500 er054 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| br558 ca426 | br558 da573 | br558 ph160 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ca426 da573 | ca426 pa910 | da573 er054 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| da573 pe379 | er054 pe442 | pa910 po839 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| pe379 po839 | pe379 ph160 | pe442 ph160 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Everything looks good
V is fooled!
 
But if V flips tails, T must reveal an itinerary of the right length
He can't do this, because he doesn't know one
And he can't find one because the problem is NP-complete
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