Re: A glimpse of SIGINT 20 years ago...
Perry E. Metzger wrote: > This is a couple of weeks old, but it appears that, by accident, a lot > of information on the targets and methods being used for > US/Australian/NZ SIGINT about 20 years ago has come to light as the > result of the release of a late New Zealand Prime Minister's papers. > > http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3540743a6005,00.html > > Among other things: > >The report lists the Tangimoana station's targets in 1985-86 as >"French South Pacific civil, naval and military; French Antarctic >civil; Vietnamese diplomatic; North Korean diplomatic; Egyptian >diplomatic; Soviet merchant and scientific research shipping; Soviet >Antarctic civil. Soviet fisheries; Argentine naval; Non-Soviet >Antarctic civil; East German diplomatic; Japanese diplomatic; >Philippine diplomatic; South African Armed Forces; Laotian diplomatic >(and) UN diplomatic." > >The station intercepted 165,174 messages from these targets, "an >increase of approximately 37,000 on the 84/85 figure. Reporting on the >Soviet target increased by 20% on the previous year". recent posting and glimpse of public key crypto 20 years ago http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006.html#30 - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A glimpse of SIGINT 20 years ago...
This is a couple of weeks old, but it appears that, by accident, a lot of information on the targets and methods being used for US/Australian/NZ SIGINT about 20 years ago has come to light as the result of the release of a late New Zealand Prime Minister's papers. http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3540743a6005,00.html Among other things: The report lists the Tangimoana station's targets in 1985-86 as "French South Pacific civil, naval and military; French Antarctic civil; Vietnamese diplomatic; North Korean diplomatic; Egyptian diplomatic; Soviet merchant and scientific research shipping; Soviet Antarctic civil. Soviet fisheries; Argentine naval; Non-Soviet Antarctic civil; East German diplomatic; Japanese diplomatic; Philippine diplomatic; South African Armed Forces; Laotian diplomatic (and) UN diplomatic." The station intercepted 165,174 messages from these targets, "an increase of approximately 37,000 on the 84/85 figure. Reporting on the Soviet target increased by 20% on the previous year". Hat tip to Bruce Schneier's blog for reminding me about it. -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
