17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Lucky Green wrote :
The State department is using PGP for some overseas applications. Word is that the NSA was quite unhappy to be told by State that Fortezza just isn't up to par.
That is astonishing. Are you really really sure of your source ? I presume this is for UNCLASS traffic and not anything in any way sensitive ? Of course PGP, when properly used, doesn't allow any other agencies to monitor the coms, while Fortezza may - and this may be a quite deliberate move by some in state to protect their cables from being read by beaurocratic rivals... Dave Emery die@die.com