Bare fibers

[Timothy C. May]

At 9:21 PM 7/22/96, harka at nycmetro.com wrote:
> * Carbons sent to: In: jimbell at pacifier.com

(Nice pun, unless it was unintentional or automatic...but, then, we're
Cypherpuns, and these "threads" inspire them.)

> -=> Quoting In:jimbell at pacifier.com to Harka <=-
>
> In> The fiber is usually  coated with a very thin layer of clear plastic to
> In> protect against moisture  and abrasion, and the diameter  is around 0.5
> In> to 1.0 millimeters in diameter.
>
>
>Doesn't that make it vulnerable (detectable) to Tempest attacks?
>

No, TEMPEST has nothing whatsover to do with this. You can learn what
TEMPEST is by doing a Web search on the term, or by reading about it
elsewhere.

--Tim May

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