CDR: RE: New OLD cryptograph patent for NSA
raze
raze at nym.alias.net
Wed Oct 11 12:37:53 PDT 2000
My question is this; why would they patent something that is 64 year old technology? This is like the Enigma machine no?!
On Wednesday, October 11, Bo Elkjaer Wrote:
>Yesterday oct. 10 NSA was granted another patent for a >cryptographic device invented by William Friedman. The >application for the >patent was filed oct. 23 1936 -- 64 years >ago.
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