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From: djb@riccb.UUCP (Dave J. Burris )
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Subject: Re: Re: Who can be secure?
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Date: Thu, 8-May-86 19:07:24 EDT
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> >  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, but with qualifications. The amount of security in basically inversely
proportional to the importance the NSA places on knowing the information.

NSA has limited resources and must limit its monitoring to people/organizations
it considers a risk to the security of the US government. What constitutes
a risk is up for grabs and is basically driven by politics.

-- 
Dave Burris
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Rockwell Switching Systems, Downers Grove, Il.