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Re: DRUDGE-REPORT-EXCLUSIVE 5/20/98 (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Perrine)
Wed May 27 17:41:16 1998
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 14:23:23 -0700
From: Tom Perrine <tep@SDSC.EDU>
To: unicorn@schloss.li
CC: reinhold@world.std.com, erehwon@dis.org, cryptography@c2.net
In-reply-to: <199805272058.NAA02999@blacklodge.c2.net> (message from Black
Unicorn on Wed, 27 May 1998 15:27:50 -0500)
>>>>> The moving finger of Black Unicorn, having written:
Black> At 01:47 PM 5/27/98 , Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
<SNIP>
Black> Sure they do. The satellite has to sit on the ground in China a good long
Black> time before it goes up. Using non-hardware/tamper resistant based
Black> encryption is a rather silly thing to do.
The crypto components are under US physical control at all times.
This is one of the last things placed on the booster, as late as
possible, by US personnel. See "Aviation Week and Space News"
coverage over the past year or so.
Black> I might add that a recent DoD project involved introducing virii to radar
Black> systems via EMI. Depending on the state of research in this field and
Black> given the sensitivity of satellite traffic, the expense invested, and the
Black> hostile environment, using non-hardened or software based crypto might be a
Black> very poor idea.
I'd sure like to see a reference on this.
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