On 27 Apr 2005 at 16:29, Joe Isabella wrote:
> Depends how "embedded" the crypto is. Unless it's an easily removed
> module, it will never be surplussed out.
That may be, but as James Bond says, "Never say never." When I was
in the Air Force, our planes had a secret radar transponder called an
APX-6, if I recall correctly. (Now, all commercial airliners carry a
modern version and it's a good thing! Air Traffic Control uses them
routinely to identify your plane's individual "blip" on their radar
scopes.) The APX-6 had a shotgun-shell sort of a self-destruct
thingie we were to use to make sure the intact set didn't fall into
the wrong hands. [AF OF's, am I remembering this approximately
correctly?] A number of years ago, I noticed that the manuals for
the sets were still classified, but you could buy the transponder
sets on the surplus market!
73,
George T. Daughters, K6GT
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