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From: mike@avon.demon.co.uk ("Mike H.")
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Subject: Re: Clipper Chip and crypto key-esc 
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In article <1993Apr21.131510.3215@memex.co.uk> peter@memex.co.uk writes:

>I thought it was quite difficult to record a modem session at some
>intermediate point on the line. Maybe they have taken a crash course
>in data comms and have a unit that demodulates the tones and stores the
>digital stream for decryption later. This would still suffer from the

>called BABT. It has been stated, either here or in the uk.telecom group,
>that they will not approve equipment that does encryption. I don't know
>if this is true or not, but this would make a good test case.
>
>                Peter Ilieve            peter@memex.co.uk

You forget the obvious! If it is an *authorised* tap then it can be done at
the exchange. If the exchange is *digital* then I suspect that you can
auto-monitor a line and pickup the full link. Therefore syncing a piggyback
modem on the line would not be impossible - I suspect.
-- 

                        Mike H. (mike@avon.demon.co.uk)
