re more technical details in article apr bernina ethz ch caronni nessie cs id ethz ch germano caronni actually dorothy denning writes the seeds s and s do not change let me see if i have this straight if a person knows s and s and the serial number of the unit it s easy to reconstruct uk of course if they know sk the family key they can easily get the serial number of any unit that has made a transmission so with s and s being used for a while batch of the unit keys the number of used s s pairs will probably be fairly low of course you have to believe that the nsa fbi name your favorite government agency will know sk so all it needs is the s s pairs and presto nasty details like court orders for wire taps are no longer necessary now i m not one of the people who distrusts the government at every turn but taking someone s word for it that the s s pairs are not kept around is pushing what i m willing to believe just a little bit too far steve tate srt cs duke edu the reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem dept of computer science above all other sciences is that its laws are duke university absolutely certain and indisputable while those of all durham nc other sciences are to some extent debatable einstein
