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Re: Columbia crypto box
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Fields)
Sat Feb 8 13:37:35 2003
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Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 13:36:46 -0500
From: Adam Fields <fields@surgam.net>
To: Tim Dierks <tim@dierks.org>
Cc: "John S. Denker" <jsd@monmouth.com>,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030208131439.03715038@dierks.org>
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 01:24:14PM -0500, Tim Dierks wrote:
> There may be more valid reasons for treating the device as secret; some
> categories that come to mind include protecting non-cryptographic
> information, such as the capabilities of the communication channel. Also,
> many systems on the shuttle are obsolete by modern standards, and it's
> possible that the communications security is similarly aged.
Isn't it also possible that the device contains a physical key of some
kind?
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