[42368] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: An Idea
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Galbavy)
Sat Sep 15 04:22:40 2001
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From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy@knowtion.net>
To: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy@knowtion.net>,
"Jeffrey C. Ollie" <jeff@ollie.clive.ia.us>,
"Grace, Terry" <tgrace@thestar.ca>
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:22:35 +0100
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God, I am an idiot. I then re-read this and noticed the parenthesised comment.
Aplologies to the original poster, but to some extent from the content of other
posting I have seen, my feelings still stand.
rgds,
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Peter Galbavy
Knowtion Ltd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy@knowtion.net>
To: "Jeffrey C. Ollie" <jeff@ollie.clive.ia.us>; "Grace, Terry"
<tgrace@thestar.ca>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: An Idea
>
> > 2) The transmitted data would be sent encrypted and only the
> > ciphertext would be recorded by the ground stations. Encryption would
> > be done using symmetric ciphers. The encryption key would be set
> > before every flight by a NTSB technician, and known only by the NTSB
> > (or the equivalent agency if the flight originates overseas).
>
> With the greatest of respect at this time, I still wish that US posters would
> consider the outside world. I find it difficult to believe, genuinely, that
> after what happened last week, people still have the mindset that US-based
> agencies somehow have worldwide authority and access. The NTSB is a US agency,
> and any scheme like this - which in my mind has great merit - would need the
> oversite of an international agency to work.
>
> Peter
>
>
