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God, I am an idiot. I then re-read this and noticed the parenthesised comment. Aplologies to the original poster, but to some extent from the content of other posting I have seen, my feelings still stand. rgds, -- Peter Galbavy Knowtion Ltd. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Galbavy" <[email protected]> To: "Jeffrey C. Ollie" <[email protected]>; "Grace, Terry" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 9:16 AM Subject: Re: An Idea > > > 2) The transmitted data would be sent encrypted and only the > > ciphertext would be recorded by the ground stations. Encryption would > > be done using symmetric ciphers. The encryption key would be set > > before every flight by a NTSB technician, and known only by the NTSB > > (or the equivalent agency if the flight originates overseas). > > With the greatest of respect at this time, I still wish that US posters would > consider the outside world. I find it difficult to believe, genuinely, that > after what happened last week, people still have the mindset that US-based > agencies somehow have worldwide authority and access. The NTSB is a US agency, > and any scheme like this - which in my mind has great merit - would need the > oversite of an international agency to work. > > Peter > >
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