At 9:19 AM -0600 10/30/96, William I. MacGregor wrote:
Applied Cryptography references a 2nd edition of The Puzzle Palace by Bamford and Madsen, 1995, but I can't seem to find it in any of the bookstores in Austin. Has it been published? Thanks,
Read Ernest Hua's message from yesterday about this. He quoted an EE Times article which said, in part:
From EE Times
October 21, 1996 Issue: 924 Section: Design -- Computers & Communications Required reading By Loring Wirbel ..... Cryptography buffs have been waiting for relief in the form of the third edition of James Bamford's classic The Puzzle Palace, on the workings of the NSA. The new edition is supposed to contain material from co-author Wayne Madsen detailing NSA presence at Internet switching centers, and cipherpunks have been disappointed that the book didn't meet its June release date. Rumor has it that squabbles between the two authors and the publisher may push the book out well into 1997. --end excerpt--- --Tim May "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." [NYT, 1996-10-02] We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."