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Article #2912Re: Motorola 'Secure-Clea
From: Phil Karn
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 04:10
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 04:10
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The Commerce Dept's "Core List" (note: not the ITARs) exempts "fixed band [analog] scrambling not exceeding 8 bands and in which the transpositions change not more frequently than once every second", "fixed band scrambling exceeding 8 bands and in which the transpositions change not more frequently than once every ten seconds" and "fixed frequency inversion in which the transpositions occur not more frequently than once every second." I think it's safe to assume that the NSA can easily crack anything that fits within these limits. I note that the very next paragraph controls items "designed or modified to suppress the compromising emanations of information-bearing signals", but then it notes: "does not control equipment specially designed to suppress emanations for health or safety reasons". You figure that one out. Phil
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