cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Carl Ellison) (10/21/89)
In article <790@ariel.unm.edu>, ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) writes: > What most people don't realize [...] is that anyone with a computer has a > very powerful cryptographic device at his disposal. It's not up to doing > real-time voice encryption (you need customized & dedicated hardware for that), > but if you don't mind communicating in blocks (write a letter, encrypt it, call > up your friend, enmodem the message, etc.), it'll work just fine. Hmmm. How close is the NeXT machine to providing real time encryption ability? They have all the hardware necessary. Do they have the processor performance and digital bandwidth necessary? --Carl Ellison UUCP:: cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM SNail:: Stratus Computer; 55 Fairbanks Blvd.; Marlborough MA 01752 Disclaimer:: (of course)