In the September Atlantic Monthly Bruce Schneier explains yet again why cryptography is not the solution to security; what's needed are private cyber cops like his: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/09/mann.htm Amazing how Bruce's philosopy matches that of those he once combated in the "crypto wars." He recants crypto security to remind that there is never to be found lasting security, as with the TLAs worldwide, except by well-paid vigilance of those who know best how to protect us. He may be right, or he may smell Starbucks. Quote: When I asked Schneier why Counterpane had such Darth Vaderish command centers, he laughed and said it helped to reassure potential clients that the company had mastered the technology. I asked if clients ever inquired how Counterpane trains the guards and analysts in the command centers. "Not often," he said, although that training is in fact the center of the whole system. Mixing long stretches of inactivity with short bursts of frenzy, the work rhythm of the Counterpane guards would have been familiar to police officers and firefighters everywhere. As I watched the guards, they were slurping soft drinks, listening to techno-death metal, and waiting for something to go wrong. They were in a protected space, looking out at a dangerous world. Sentries around Neolithic campfires did the same thing. Nothing better has been discovered since. Thinking otherwise, in Schneier's view, is a really terrible idea. Unquote Heroes, by god, what we need are more poster boy heroes.