[82834] in Cypherpunks
Re: Mack the Harrs over (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Sun Jul 6 19:50:53 1997
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 17:46:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Cc: Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer <cypherpunks@ssz.com>
In-Reply-To: <199707061424.JAA18262@einstein.ssz.com>
Reply-To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Jim Choate wrote:
> Forwarded message:
>
> > Subject: Re: Mack the Harrs over
> > Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 13:43:42 +0200
> > From: Zooko Journeyman <zooko@wildgoose.dagny>
>
> > > Besides, how much encryption is needed between two points if intercepting
> > > the traffic is expensive, the communications protocol is undocumented (as
> > > far as anyone outside NASA is concerned), and the actual frequency is also
> > > hard to find?
> >
> > Not to mention that the communication protocol is apparently
> > broken and drops most of the data. :-P
>
>
> Really? You try sending data over 10 light-seconds using nothing but the
> equivalent of your Mag-Lite flashlight and then pick it up AND successfuly
> decode the data using nothing more than spare cycles in the DSN reception
> network.
>
> I suspect you are seriously underestimating the amount of noise betwix here
> and there...
>
I suspect you'd need a dish the size of your house to pick up the signal.
-r.w.
