1995-01-20 - Re: AT&T IVES chip

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From: habs@cmyk.warwick.com (Harry S. Hawk)
To: xpat@vm1.spcs.umn.edu
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Raw Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 08:09:07 PST

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From: habs@cmyk.warwick.com (Harry S. Hawk)
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 95 08:09:07 PST
To: xpat@vm1.spcs.umn.edu
Subject: Re: AT&T IVES chip
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> The IVES chip will be use in AT&T cable-TV-boxes this year.
> 
> It is available to OEM's for Internet data security applications.
> 
> IVES uses algorithms licensed from RSA.

This seems like good news..

e.g., cable systems are installing phone systems on the cable and
doing transactions via the cable (pay per view, home shopping, etc.)

A fear of mine was the Clipper was intended as the encryption standard
for all of this. Since AT&T appears to have a chip set that uses
RSA I consider this good...

Assuming it doesn't have escrow, etc.

Recall one of the major current vendors of cable converter boxes has
licensed clipper. (I forget which one).

/hawk




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