On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Benjamin Grosman wrote on coderpunks:

Hey there...thought I'd drop this in to you... someone I know is in the process of being set upon by a shamster (well, ^^^^^^^^

Shamster: SHA-enabled biocomputing hamster. Distantly related to Shneier's DESosaurus. Cute, cuddly and mathematically secure and authentic. I leave to the imagination its input and output processes. Eats snake oil for lunch.