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Re: MCI set to offer secure two-way messaging with strong
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Veeneman)
Mon Nov 1 15:43:09 2004
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:04:08 -0400
To: Metzdowd Crypto <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
From: Dan Veeneman <dan@etoan.com>
In-Reply-To: <200410281716.i9SHGdLq029083@new.toad.com>
At 01:16 PM 10/28/04, you wrote:
> > MCI Inc. will offer secure two-way messaging through its SkyTel
> > Communications subsidiary next month, encrypting wireless text
> > with the Advanced Encryption Algorithm.
This service has been available to U.S. Government customers
for at least seven years, albeit not always with AES. SkyTel
was keenly aware that capturing and decoding their paging
traffic was well within the means of even casual hobbyists.
>Note that they don't say it's "end to end" encryption:
>
> > Messages are encrypted between the device and an encryption server
> > at SkyTel's secure network operations center.
>
>And presumably wiretappable there.
Yep.
--Dan
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