Re: [TSCM-L] Re: Fwd: [ISN] Why VOIP Needs Crypto

From: <d..._at_geer.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 09:40:40 -0400

kondrak writes:
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 | >Another small tale: when I was at MIT in
 | >the 1960s, the dorm phone system was naturally
 | >a local creation and a marvel of cleverness
 | >and ancient Strowger switches. Given this
 | >discussion of eavesdropping, and the setting
 | >of MIT, perhaps you can guess why hanging
 | >around the switch on weekend nights was a
 | >past-time for the privileged few. (Yes,
 | >the microphone could be turned on with the
 | >phone still on-hook.)
 |
 | They also were ones of the last ones to work with black-boxing
 | too....we hunted down the last remaining ones with great care, and
 | when the last one disappeared (somewhere in bumsquat canada) we
 | kissed the technique goodbye. :-D
 |


I lived in a fraternity and our jukebox had a
couple of Strowgers connected to our house phone
system so you could dial up a record at will,
which was most valuable when "you" (singular or
plural) were on the couch in the pub and didn't
want to get up to change music.

--dan
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