In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Honig writ
es:
>At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>>Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been
>>discussed here ?
>>
>>Udhay
>
>Its just yet another 'secure' scheme that uses quantum theory
>(here, discrete photons; elsewhere, entangled photons)
>to detect or prevent leaking bits.
>
>More elegant than gas-pressurized, pressure-monitored 'secure' cables, but
>the same idea.
Right -- and for most situations, it solves the wrong problem. Crypto
is fun, but conventional crypto is likely good enough -- the real
threats are at the end-points.
>
--Steve Bellovin
