Cypherpunks, It was my intention to write a little summary of the story in the most recent issue of SCIENCE, which in addition to reporting some progress towards constructing a quantum computer, also reports in a side bar on a Los Alamos demonstration of untappable quantum cryptography in which a message was sent over 14 kilometers of fiberoptic cable and read with a 1% error rate, secure in the knowledge that Eve couldn't possible be listening. However, I have not gotten any mail from the list today which leads me to believe that there is something wrong with the list-server, you couldn't all possible have been struck dumb with terror by the Your-ass-is Grassley Act :-) So this is a test, this is only a test. Had this been a real message I would have sent more details about the stuff in SCIENCE. C. J. Leonard ( / "DNA is groovy" \ / - Watson & Crick <cjl@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> / \ <-- major groove ( \ Finger for public key \ ) Strong-arm for secret key / <-- minor groove Thumb-screws for pass-phrase / )