> * (TS//SI//REL TO USA, FVEY) Complete enabling for [XXXXXX] > encryption chips used in Virtual Private Network and Web encryption > devices. [CCP_00009].
For this to be an explicit line item in that document, it has to be special. The two classes of "special" that occur to me are (1) XXXXXX has a near monopoly (like Broadcom does in its sector) or (2) XXXXXX is uniquely vulnerable to blackmail (a merchant with an export control problem, say). But in related news: Engineers abandon encryption chips after Snowden leaks http://rt.com/usa/snowden-leak-rng-randomness-019/ --dan _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
