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From: tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu (Tom Tedrick)
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>  Assuming the information about breaking new Libyan codes within weeks
>  is correct, does that imply that the NSA is
>  stellar at the job it does, or that the Libyans use weak
>  crypto-systems?  

The Libyans use weak crypto-systems.

>  Is it realistically possible today for a small country or a large
>  company to independently secure its communications from organizations
>  such as NSA or the Soviet equivalent?

Yes.