On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:23:19PM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
> [I saw this on /. well before Jim posted his pointer.]
>
> This is actually an interesting device. It claims to supply
> end-to-end encryption, using a data channel to ship
> encrypted, digitized voice.
>
> The stats are tantalizingly vague. It uses a 'combination of
> DIffie Helman and 1024 bit RSA' to set up the session key,
> and then an unspecified '128 bit symmetric algorithm' for
> bulk encryption.
Maybe it uses Diffie-Hellmans' STS (RSA authenticated DH key
exchange) or one of the newer variants that accomplish the same
thing. Of course, divining crypto info from press releases
is about as accurate as predicting the weather by reading
goat entrails....[1]
> At 6000 marks it's damn expensive, and clearly suffers from
> a 'first fax machine' problem: who're you gonna call with this?
Why, the other EU ministers and Bilderbergers of course, and your
mistress and/or dominatrix.
Eric
1: I predict a rain of black bile next Tuesday.
