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Re: [FYI] Antiques man guilty of Enigma charge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Wed Sep 26 15:08:50 2001
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com,
"'Axel H Horns'" <horns@ipjur.com>
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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:58:07 -0400
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In message <F504A8CEE925D411AF4A00508B8BE90A01E90962@exna07.securitydynam=
ics.co
m>, "Trei, Peter" writes:
>> Axel H Horns[SMTP:horns@ipjur.com]
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1564000/1564878.stm=
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>> Wednesday, 26 September, 2001, 15:25 GMT 16:25 UK =
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>> Antiques man guilty of Enigma charge =
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>> The machine was one of only three in the world An antiques dealer has =
>> admitted handling a stolen code-breaking Enigma machine, worth =
>> =A3100,000. =
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>> [...]
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>Only 3 in the world? I don't think so. At the last RSA conference, the
>NSA had a historical 'museum', including an enigma. The woman =
>running it said there were at least 40 still around. =
>
>I know one firm which has two of them, along with various other
>historical crypto HW.
>
>They're rare, but not *that* rare. The toughest part in keeping
>them going is getting the odd little lightbulbs which indicate the
>output.
The machine in question is an Abwehr Enigma, a variant of the basic =
design. (There were a fair number of variants, in fact.)
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
http://www.wilyhacker.com
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