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Re: Crypto has historically been a military weapon

To: spackard@fastlink.com
Subject: Re: Crypto has historically been a military weapon
From: M Taylor <mctylr@privacy.nb.ca>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 01:07:05 +0100
Cc: advocacy@openbsd.org
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:33:30AM -0700, spackard@fastlink.com wrote:
> Although strong crypto has always been very desirable
> to the military of any nation, there are many times

Carl Ellison's  Cryptography Timeline
  http://world.std.com/~cme/html/timeline.html

By this timeline cryptography was in use for oh, about 1500 years
before the military/government started using it. :-)

References:
- Crypto has historically been a military weapon
  - From: spackard@fastlink.com

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