From: gtoal@an-teallach.com (Graham Toal)
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 07:03:01 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Mark Abene (Phiber Optik) sentenced
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In article <9311080705.AA15339@toad.com> newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu writes:
 > I have heard that tapping high speed modems can be a little tricky
 > because of the adaptive filtering done.  The modems both have
 > adaptive filters that adjust to the line as they see it.  If you
 > are tapping at some other point the filtering will not be optimimal
 > for your case.  I believe these filters take care of smearing and
 > echos and things of that nature.
 > 
 > Maybe someone in the know can elaborate and clear up all the
 > bad data I probably just spewed :)   

Dunno if this is how they did it, but you get *perfect* data tapping
if you record digitally off the exchange trunks...

G
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