Breaking Iranian Codes (Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, June 15, 2003)

2004-06-15 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 4:03 AM -0500 6/15/04, Bruce Schneier wrote: Breaking Iranian Codes Ahmed Chalabi is accused of informing the Iranians that the U.S. had broken its intelligence codes. What exactly did the U.S. break? How could the Iranians verify Chalabi's claim, and what might they do about

Re: Breaking Iranian Codes (Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, June 15, 2003)

2004-06-15 Thread Peter Gutmann
R. A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded: So now the NSA's secret is out. The Iranians have undoubtedly changed their encryption machines, and the NSA has lost its source of Iranian secrets. But little else is known. Who told Chalabi? Only a few people would know this important U.S. secret,