At 2:49 AM -0500 1/26/09, Ivan Krstiç wrote: >There are still conflicting reports about whether the hardware is an altered >RIM BlackBerry or a different device, though the most likely contender for the >latter option appears to be the General Dynamics Sectéra Edge, which features >a "trusted [secondary] display" and two buttons used to switch between >classified and unclassified operation.
Government Computer News says it is definitely not a BlackBerry. However, GCN's reporters aren't always as good as they should be (or even as good as the regular IT press) on getting their facts straight on security issues. <http://gcn.com/articles/2009/01/23/obama-gets-super-secure-smartphone.aspx> I too would like to hear more information on this, particularly the crypto that is known to be used on the Edge. --Paul Hoffman, Director --VPN Consortium --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com
