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Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
That isn't supposed to be possible these days... (I
regard it as more likely that they were doing traffic
analysis and direction-finding than actually cracking
the ciphers.)
Ciphers cannot be cracked when used correctly. However,
military cipher procedures
On 9/20/06, Leichter, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Newspaper reports have claimed that many troops were sent into the
field with old equipment - including in particular 10+-year-old
communications equipment.
The Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System was designed in the 80's:
(I regard it as more
likely that they were doing traffic analysis and direction-finding than
actually cracking the ciphers.)
IIUC, spread-spectrum communication is not much stronger than the
background noise, and thus the traffic analysis is not that easy
either.
We can just speculate
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http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-wocode184896831sep18,0,7091966,print.story
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| That isn't supposed to be possible these days... (I regard it as more
| likely that they were doing traffic analysis and direction-finding than
| actually cracking the ciphers.)
Newspaper
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-wocode184896831sep18,0,7091966,print.story
That isn't supposed to be possible these days...
It is not clear that with modern technology interception is
impossible, at least during Second Gulf War
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-wocode184896831sep18,0,7091966,print.story
That isn't supposed to be possible these days... (I regard it as more
likely that they were doing traffic analysis and direction-finding than
actually cracking the ciphers.)
--Steven
