Army signals security & "Clansmen" series radios

[David Hansen]

On 6 Sep 00, at 11:50, Owen Lewis wrote:

> In sum, your view (which is a natural corollary to the popular
> misconception of France's (non)participation in NATO) is entirely
> mistaken.

Not according to your earlier posting.

> One of the interesting points to ponder is whether - and if not why
> not - the diplomats and military have not seized upon the invention of
> public key ciphers, now 30 years old, as the single, simple and secure
> solution to replace other more complex and expensive cipher systems.

Because sound bite solutions are the realm of party politicians, 
journalists and others with a limited grasp of a subject.

In any field of endeavour that I can think of (and which I have a 
reasonable knowledge of) "the single, simple and secure solution" is 
an illusion chased after by those with little knowledge. That's why 
PGP does not just use public key ciphers.



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