1996-06-08 - Neologism: “crackerbox”

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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
To: Bill Stewart <declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-06-08 13:33:11 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 21:33:11 +0800

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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996 21:33:11 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh)
Subject: Neologism: "crackerbox"
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I think we have another winner, folks!

At 3:47 AM -0400 6/8/96, Bill Stewart wrote:
> It's probably close enough for anti-government work; the relative strength
> depends a lot on whether you're using general-purpose computers or
> custom crackerboxes, and on the state of the art in factoring technologies.
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^

I *like* it!

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga



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