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Re: Wayner op-ed in today's NYTimes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Tue Jul 29 22:23:16 1997
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
In-Reply-To: <199707292309.QAA09424@servo.qualcomm.com> from Phil Karn at "Jul 29, 97 04:09:24 pm"
To: karn@qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:09:54 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: perry@piermont.com, cryptography@c2.net
Phil Karn wrote:
| I agree, it's an outstanding piece. I was vaguely aware that Jefferson
| had developed a crypto system, but Wayner was very thorough in his
| discussion of Revolutionary War-era crypto.
Speaking of Jefferson, "Secret Codes : Science Action Book" by
Robert Jackson (ISBN 1-56138-782-7) has two reasonably nice 10 letter
plastic Jefferson wheels included with a bunch of fluff for $20. They
make cool desk toys.
Adam
--
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
-Hume
