Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-08 Thread Jaap-Henk Hoepman
On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 18:35:44 -0800 Bill Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Its just yet another 'secure' scheme that uses quantum theory > >> (here, discrete photons; elsewhere, entangled photons) > >> to detect or prevent leaking bits. > >> > >> More elegant than gas-pressurized, pressu

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-06 Thread Bill Stewart
At 02:42 PM 1/3/01 +0100, Jaap-Henk Hoepman wrote: >On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:03:40 -0800 David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> >Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been >> >discussed here ? >> >> Its just yet

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:07:32PM -0600, Jim Choate wrote: > > On 3 Jan 2001, Jaap-Henk Hoepman wrote: > > > Except that eavesdropping on the quantum key distribution channel is _always_ > > detected (by `laws of nature'), which is not true for these pressure-monitored > > cables. > > It's no

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-03 Thread Jim Choate
On 3 Jan 2001, Jaap-Henk Hoepman wrote: > Except that eavesdropping on the quantum key distribution channel is _always_ > detected (by `laws of nature'), which is not true for these pressure-monitored > cables. It's not true here anymore either. Last year there was at least one group that demo

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-03 Thread Ben Laurie
Jaap-Henk Hoepman wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:03:40 -0800 David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > >Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been > > >discussed here ? > > > > > >Udhay > > > > Its just yet a

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-03 Thread Jaap-Henk Hoepman
On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 12:03:40 -0800 David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > >Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been > >discussed here ? > > > >Udhay > > Its just yet another 'secure' scheme that uses quantum t

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-02 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Honig writ es: >At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >>Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been >>discussed here ? >> >>Udhay > >Its just yet another 'secure' scheme that uses quantum theory >(here, discrete photon

Re: Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-02 Thread David Honig
At 10:27 PM 1/1/01 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been >discussed here ? > >Udhay Its just yet another 'secure' scheme that uses quantum theory (here, discrete photons; elsewhere, entangled photons) to detect or prevent leakin

Fwd: from Edupage, December 22, 2000

2001-01-02 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Did this slip between the cracks in holiday season or has it already been discussed here ? Udhay >DEVICE COULD LEAD TO HACK-PROOF TRANSMISSIONS >Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara have >created a photon "turnstile" that releases one light particle at >a time, marking a