Black Net

Perry E. Metzger perry at snark.imsi.com
Wed Apr 20 04:18:29 PDT 1994



Frederic Halper says:
> Does anyone actually believe Blacknet exists this is about the
> umpteenth time I have heard about some kind of Blackmarket internet
> traders that are very had to find.  It sounds like something out of
> that Gibson book "Virtual Light"

The March 21st issue of "Cyberspace Intelligence Weekly" reports that
Blacknet may be selling portions of (but sadly not complete)
specifications to the Skipjack algorithm. Rumor has it that they are
physically based on the island of Sonsorol in the western Pacific.

Perry






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