Feels like naming coincidence, particularly given that the GCHQ analogue is named similarly. From The Guardian[0]:
"The NSA's codeword for its decryption program, Bullrun, is taken from a major battle of the American civil war. Its British counterpart, Edgehill, is named after the first major engagement of the English civil war, more than 200 years earlier." [0]: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:11 PM, grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/6/13, John Young <[email protected]> wrote: >> An understated response to the NSA and unidentifed friends treachery: >> >> http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/09/on-nsa.html >> >> More of these expected, many. But who knows, as Green says, >> all could go back to swell comsec business as usual. > > Linked from said blog... > http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2012/05/14/what-is-intelr-secure-key-technology > > Bull Mountain Technology ... BULLRUN. > > Bullshit naming coincidence or genuine cooperative wordplay? ;) > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography -- @kylemaxwell _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
