On the subject of network monitoring, Bruce posted a copy of an NSA technology transfer which described a database searching algorithm that looked fairly sophisticated (I don't have the actual posting handy.) Did anyone (Bruce?) obtain a copy of the algorithm, and if so, were there any distribution limitations on it? It looked like just the thing that the NSA would use as their "watchword" scanner, and even if not, it looked like a very useful design all the same.
I took the time to contact the "office symbol" listed in the NSA announcement. The NSAoid's name was Dennis Sysko. He was a little nonplussed that Bruce had posted the announcement.
I was required to write a letter to them, on Intergraph letterhead, requesting further information; after receiving it, Sysko promised to send me an NDA that I could sign and return to get further information.
Someone else posted in t.p.c that they'd sent in a letter and been told that NSA would not license this technology to individuals. That sort of echoes the argument that there are some munitions appropriate for government but not for individuals.
Did anyone ever get this, or could someone forward the original post to me? Thanks!! -- Ed Carp, N7EKG/VE3 ecarp@netcom.com, Ed.Carp@linux.org "What's the sense of trying hard to find your dreams without someone to share it with, tell me, what does it mean?" -- Whitney Houston, "Run To You"