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From: abc@brl-smoke.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: What is it really like?
Message-ID: <854@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 14-May-86 20:52:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 14 20:52:03 1986
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Reply-To: abc@brl-smoke.UUCP (Brint Cooper (SECAD/CSMB) <abc>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL)
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But if contractors are charging the U.S. hundreds of dollars for a $15
tiolet seat, can you imagine what these ROM devices will actually cost
us?

Brint


In article <507@ucsfcca.UUCP> dick@ucsfcca.UUCP (Dick Karpinski) writes:
>In article <6650@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>>  Where one needs skilled help is for things like
>>military field communications, where one-time pads are impractical.
>
>Why are one time pads impractical in military field communications?
>If a CD ROM holds 500 megabytes of key in a drive like the ones that
>joggers are happy to wear on their belts,  I see no hard problems.
>
>Incidentally, I was definitely in error on the prices I quoted for
>write once drives from Optotech in Colorado Springs.  The $2k figure
>is for large quantities.  Onsies cost $5k.  And the quoted capacity
>is only a mere 200 megabytes per side.  Even so, aside from milspec
>engineering, this actual product would seem to suffice for many
>military field communications needs.
>
-- 
Brint Cooper

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