From: fnerd@smds.com (FutureNerd Steve Witham)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 92 09:17:33 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re:  Random Numbers Boxes and Cypher Processers
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>Why do encryption in the modem instead of the host cpu?

A point that hasn't been made painfully clear yet: "DSP--Digital
Signal Processor" chips are really just fast processors for repetitious 
arithmetic--just what RSA needs.  Maybe some experience in
programming them for that sort of purpose would be useful.

-fnerd
fnerd@smds.com (FutureNerd Steve Witham)