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BBC story on Iran codes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Sat Jun 19 16:14:47 2004
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:41:21 -0400
Breaking codes: An impossible task?
By Paul Reynolds
BBC News Online world affairs correspondent
Recent reports that the United States had broken codes used by the
Iranian intelligence service have intrigued experts on cryptology
because a modern cipher should be unbreakable.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3804895.stm
No real new info, but some good background. Several familiar names,
such as Ross Anderson, are interviewed.
[Note: I found out about the article from Eric Rescorla's blog.]
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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