Three items. On p.41 at 2/3 page review of Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" favorable if not raving. In the What's New Hardware pages: The Crypto-Com V.32bis asynchronous pocket modem ($895) from Western Datacom (Westlake, OH) encrypts all data transmissions between two of the companies modems. 800 262 3311 [ It uses single DES they said when I called ] Lastly a seven page article "Distributed and Secure" by a Russell Kay whose bio says he edited Infosecurity News and Computer Security Journal. The box on the front page says "When you distribute information and processing, you also delegate security responsibility. Good access controls, eyes open administration, and communication encryption can make all the difference". Login control token technology is reviewed, Kerberos discussed and explained, PK crypto including PGP, and the Andrew file system. Something new to me was: "... NSA recently placed a large order for what it calls 'sniffless password generators' with Secure Computing in Roseville, Minnesota. With the company's Lockout system, instead of sending a password over the wire "in clear," you send a cryptographic representation of it, using a one time encryption key. Each time you login, the password is encrypted with a different key. The NSA will use Lockout in conjunction with its Tessera Crypto Card, a PCMCIA device. ... It uses both NIST's Digital Signature Algorithm and the NSA's Mosaic encryption algorithms."