From: Mats Bergstrom <matsb@sos.sll.se>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 11:36:04 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: H.E.A.T. BEAT
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Speaking of hi-tech related screen fanatsy I just saw an old (1992)
movie starring Robert Redford, Dan Akroyd and Sidney Poiters (forgot
- or never noticed - the title) with rather 'advanced' crypto ties.
A professor of mathematics, specialist in primes, had constructed a
'black box' (containing a matchbox-sized chip) that could break all
passwords in a few seconds. Lots of other fantastic machinery also.
And the NSA had a big part. Somehow the manuscript seems to have been
written by an author with some understanding of the implications of
strong crypto. An ex-starving cypherpunk??

Mats