At 09:41 AM 8/6/01 -0700, Tim May wrote:
Starian, the company founded by Eric Blossom and others, had a 3DES unit the size of an external modem that worked as described. (I have one.)
Did you buy it anonymously? That's a problem with low-serial-number devices.
The problem is the "fax effect": who ya gonna call?
Thus my suggestion that interop with a guy with a computer/speaker/mic would be a selling point.
It works well for "cells" consisting of trading partners, drug dealers, freedom fighters, etc. They can just buy several of them for their members.
Telecommuters. Also it would be cool to have your phone answering machine use crypto when you dialed it up. Computers are sometimes phone answering machines nowadays.
Solving the fax effect problem happens when a _standard_ is widely deployed, or when some major deals with cellphone vendors happen. I understand Starian has been trying to get a cellphone version designed-in.
Sure. If Starion Corp. had ridden the hockey stick and become 'the' standard we'd all be pretty happy, even wannabe competitors, for having a de-facto standard to code to.
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