[118506] in Cypherpunks
IT Companies Promote New Standard For Phone Security (was Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Sep 30 07:46:32 1999
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:29:57 -0400
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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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Why do I keep thinking "Radicchio" really gonna be another GSM "Pinocchio"?
Cheers,
RAH
At 5:02 PM -0600 on 9/29/99, EDUCAUSE wrote:
> IT COMPANIES PROMOTE NEW STANDARD FOR PHONE SECURITY
> EDS, France's Gemplus, Sonera, and Ericsson have founded a forum
> called "Radicchio" to promote a world encryption standard. Known
> as "public key infrastructure," the technology provides security
> for mobile phone-based electronic commerce transactions. The
> technology can be embedded into a silicon chip that is located
> inside typical GSM handsets. Analysts believe that the mobile
> commerce market could reach $66 billion in the next four years,
> but forum founding members are concerned that security issues
> could impede the emerging market. The European initiative is
> currently pursuing new members, such as industry players and
> governments. Members of Radicchio say there could be 600 million
> mobile phones connected to the Internet by 2004, and easing
> security fears could go a long way toward making electronic
> transactions ubiquitous. (Financial Times 09/28/99)
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
