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Re: [Cryptography] [cryptography] Which encryption chips are
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dan@geer.org)
Wed Dec 11 01:38:07 2013
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From: dan@geer.org
To: ianG <iang@iang.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Nov 2013 16:12:58 +0300."
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:11:37 -0500
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> * (TS//SI//REL TO USA, FVEY) Complete enabling for [XXXXXX]
> encryption chips used in Virtual Private Network and Web encryption
> devices. [CCP_00009].
For this to be an explicit line item in that document, it
has to be special. The two classes of "special" that occur
to me are (1) XXXXXX has a near monopoly (like Broadcom
does in its sector) or (2) XXXXXX is uniquely vulnerable to
blackmail (a merchant with an export control problem, say).
But in related news:
Engineers abandon encryption chips after Snowden leaks
http://rt.com/usa/snowden-leak-rng-randomness-019/
--dan
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