Catching up on my reading the other day, I noticed an article in the Economist about Cincinnati Microwave's 900 Mhz cordless phone. It seems that Cylink makes the actual chip that is used in the phone to do the spread-spectrum communications. My questions to the readers of this list are: 1: Given that Cylink was one of the two original companies to manufacture Clipper hardware, what does this say about the protocols that are used in this spread-spectrum chip? Was it designed to be easy for law enforcement to crack? 2: Of the digital 900 Mhz telephones available, are any of the phones better from a security standpoint than any of the others? Are they all using different protocols or the same? Enquiring minds want to know! Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Benjamin McLemore analyst@netcom.com 214/522.7640 fax