17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
In Ross Anderson's paper `Tamper Resistance - a Cautionary Note' (see http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/), there is a reference to the clipper chip having already been reverse engineered: Anderson writes: "We are reliably informed that at least one U.S. chipmaker reverse engineered the Clipper chip shortly after its launch." Heart warming :-) Adam -- print pack"C*",split/\D+/,`echo "16iII*o\U@{$/=$z;[(pop,pop,unpack"H*",<> )]}\EsMsKsN0[lN*1lK[d2%Sa2/d0<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<J]dsJxp"|dc`