Hi,
Am sure no one in this list needs an introduction to the issue thats
important to the national security administration in India. Apparently, they
want to lay their hands on the encryption keys used by operators so that
they can listen in on any conversation on their networks.
But, how feasible it is for a savvy end user with enough resources at his
disposal (read terrorists, maoists etc) to install a small chip (say, an
FPGA) that is capable of encrypting (using 1024 bit keys, which are
exchanged via a personal courier) the signals even before it reaches the
network? Then, even with the govt having the official encryption keys, they
will still end up with a garbled msg they cannot decode in reasonable
time!!!
Would some electronic geeks on this list shed some light on the feasibility
of such a chip?
I feel the govts measure will eventually be only useful for listening on and
silencing 'dissidents' (usually ordinary people who stand up for their
rights).
regds,
mano
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