The TNO is a Dutch research organization. Based on this blind man's view of the elephant, it's sort of like a national lab, but with a more applied focus. bd On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Adam Shostack wrote:
John Young wrote: | We've received from anonymous a report on breaking | Mondex's pilot system by TNO along with a confidential | 1996 memo describing the break: | | TNO's Ernst Bovenlander gave some details of these | attacks (though he didn't mention Mondex as the target).
This seems pretty cool (the point in the memo about 'security being suitable for purpose' with purpose left undefined but implied by Mondex to be 'low value' is very interesting). However, its not clear to me who TNO is?
Adam
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