Re: Trapdoors

[jim@tadpole.com (Jim Thompson)]

> The specific instruction is the so-called "NSA instruction" which John Gilmore
> identified some time ago. 
> 
> Sun Microsystems was ordered by the NSA to redesign their chips to capture
> keys, which is why the SPARC processor was introduced. SPARC stands for
> "Sun Processor Allowing Remote Capture."

Interestingly enough, V9 SPARC has a population count (number of bits
set in word) instruction that was put in specificly at the request of
No Such Agency.

Jim