5 May
2016
5 May
'16
8:33 a.m.
The actual Tempest specs used to be classified.
On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
From: Erik
Baigar
very interesting reading
If you want to see a great example of why it was important, check out the
so-called 'Berlin Tunnel':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gold
http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/tunnel-200702.pdf
Some of the traffic that was intercepted was teletype traffic - which had
been encrypted. However, the equipment that connected the gear to the line
allowed a tiny electronic whisper of the original plain-text onto the line,
along with the encrypted form, and it was possible to read the plaintext
off
the line with suitable gear.
Noel