NODE c9f1792fRe: Fortezza dying on the vine?
Dave Emery <die@pig.die.com>Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:16:40 +0800
Lucky Green wrote :
> The State department is using PGP for some overseas applications. Word
> is that the NSA was quite unhappy to be told by State that
> Fortezza just isn't up to par.
That is astonishing. Are you really really sure of your source ?
I presume this is for UNCLASS traffic and not anything in any way
sensitive ? Of course PGP, when properly used, doesn't allow any
other agencies to monitor the coms, while Fortezza may - and this
may be a quite deliberate move by some in state to protect their cables
from being read by beaurocratic rivals...
Dave Emery
die@die.com
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