17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
I don't think the idea proposed is to reverse-engineer the Clipper. Rather, the idea is that once you know the pin-out you can make an electrically-compatible (and, in important ways, software-compatible) replacement. You'd then have a phone that does IDEA encryption instead of Skipjack, and presumably the non-crypto parts of the phone wouldn't know and wouldn't care. -- | GOOD TIME FOR MOVIE - GOING ||| Mike McNally <m5@tivoli.com> | | TAKE TWA TO CAIRO. ||| Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX: | | (actual fortune cookie) ||| "Like A Little Bit of Semi-Heaven" |