A glimpse of SIGINT 20 years ago...
This is a couple of weeks old, but it appears that, by accident, a lot of information on the targets and methods being used for US/Australian/NZ SIGINT about 20 years ago has come to light as the result of the release of a late New Zealand Prime Minister's papers. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3540743a6005,00.html Among other things: The report lists the Tangimoana station's targets in 1985-86 as French South Pacific civil, naval and military; French Antarctic civil; Vietnamese diplomatic; North Korean diplomatic; Egyptian diplomatic; Soviet merchant and scientific research shipping; Soviet Antarctic civil. Soviet fisheries; Argentine naval; Non-Soviet Antarctic civil; East German diplomatic; Japanese diplomatic; Philippine diplomatic; South African Armed Forces; Laotian diplomatic (and) UN diplomatic. The station intercepted 165,174 messages from these targets, an increase of approximately 37,000 on the 84/85 figure. Reporting on the Soviet target increased by 20% on the previous year. Hat tip to Bruce Schneier's blog for reminding me about it. -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A glimpse of SIGINT 20 years ago...
Perry E. Metzger wrote: This is a couple of weeks old, but it appears that, by accident, a lot of information on the targets and methods being used for US/Australian/NZ SIGINT about 20 years ago has come to light as the result of the release of a late New Zealand Prime Minister's papers. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3540743a6005,00.html Among other things: The report lists the Tangimoana station's targets in 1985-86 as French South Pacific civil, naval and military; French Antarctic civil; Vietnamese diplomatic; North Korean diplomatic; Egyptian diplomatic; Soviet merchant and scientific research shipping; Soviet Antarctic civil. Soviet fisheries; Argentine naval; Non-Soviet Antarctic civil; East German diplomatic; Japanese diplomatic; Philippine diplomatic; South African Armed Forces; Laotian diplomatic (and) UN diplomatic. The station intercepted 165,174 messages from these targets, an increase of approximately 37,000 on the 84/85 figure. Reporting on the Soviet target increased by 20% on the previous year. recent posting and glimpse of public key crypto 20 years ago http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006.html#30 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
