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Re: Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Fri Apr 2 01:05:46 1999
Date: 2 Apr 1999 05:56:43 -0000
From: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199904020254.SAA23339@goblin.punk.net>
Jeff Simmons writes:
> There's also a page at http://www.well.com/user/neal/cypherFAQ.html
> that is aimed at the cypherpunk list. Most interesting part is that
> evidently Bruce Schneier designed a special cypher for use in the novel,
> based on a deck of playing cards. (?)
I'll ask the obvious stupid questions now: Is our government going to
refuse export of playing cards? Are border guards going to start
shuffling decks of cards they find in passenger suitcases? Or
confiscating them?
I expect to go abroad within the month. I think I'll take a
half-dozen decks of cards with me.
Guard: Why do you have so many decks of cards?
Me: They're munitions. I wanted to be well-armed.
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