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1996-02-20 - Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)

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From: abostick@netcom.com (Alan Bostick)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 219c02b8b261501247e71a2d71a24c682cd403dd4143427169a58c7556bcc1d1
Message ID: <N4fKx8m9L87N085yn@netcom.com>
Reply To: <199602200851.DAA02057@thor.cs.umass.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1996-02-20 18:51:39 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 02:51:39 +0800

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From: abostick@netcom.com (Alan Bostick)
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 02:51:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Internet Privacy Guaranteed ad (POTP Jr.)
In-Reply-To: <199602200851.DAA02057@thor.cs.umass.edu>
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In article <199602200851.DAA02057@thor.cs.umass.edu>,
lmccarth@cs.umass.edu wrote:

> IPG Sales writes:

> > Thus at times, a hardware source, such as ADC LOB system, can generate 
> > nonrandom data, unless this is checked, it can destroyed the integrity of 
> > your system. 
> 

> Could you explain what the acronyms "ADC" and "LOB" mean here ?  I
> just tried a web search for the two together, and all I got was a page of
> UFO acronyms, and some astronomical acronyms (LOB = Lick Observatory 
> Bulletin). Schneier discusses hardware RNG at length in Applied Cryptography,
> but he doesn't mention either acronym. I might guess that LOB = Low Order
> Bits.

I'd say that you're right, and I'd also guess myself that ADC stands for
Analog-to-Digital Converter, so that an "ADC LOB system" is a hardware
random number generator that looks at the lowest order (and therefore
presumed noisy) bit of an analog-to-digital converter.

ObCrypto:  Would four years experience interpreting cryptic vanity
plates while commuting on the Nimitz Freeway be a good qualification for
an NSA cryptanalyst?  Would that experience also qualify me as a traffic
analyst? 

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