Re: phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

2007-05-12 Thread Travis H.
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 06:12:31PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > If you wanted to be /really/ certain, I guess you'd have to take the tops > off all the ICs inside and look at them under an EM, to make sure they really > were the parts they claimed to be and don't have any extra circuitry or hidden >

Re: phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

2007-05-05 Thread Hagai Bar-El
Hello, On 02/05/07 20:12, Dave Korn wrote: > Interesting, but of course they're still a good way from 100% secure. It's > really great that they issue the source, but unless they also issue the > toolchain, and the source to the toolchain, so that anyone who wants can > recompile and reflash th

RE: phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

2007-05-02 Thread Dave Korn
On 02 May 2007 16:16, Ali, Saqib wrote: > A notable mention is http://www.cryptophone.com/ . They are the only > secure phone provider that allows for independent review of the source > code. Interesting, but of course they're still a good way from 100% secure. It's really great that they issu

Re: phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

2007-05-02 Thread Ali, Saqib
A notable mention is http://www.cryptophone.com/ . They are the only secure phone provider that allows for independent review of the source code. On 4/30/07, Steven M. Bellovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: According to an NY Times article (http://news.com.com/Phone+taps+in+Italy+spur+rush+toward+e

phone encryption technology becoming popular in Italy

2007-04-30 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
According to an NY Times article (http://news.com.com/Phone+taps+in+Italy+spur+rush+toward+encryption/2100-1029_3-6180118.html?tag=nefd.top), phone encryption technology is becoming popular in Italy because of many recent incidents of conversations being published. Sometimes, a wiretap is being le