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Re: Crypto Regulation Reform
Perry E. Metzger sez:
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> Robert Cain says:
> >
> > Remember that a "modem" such as we are used to is a much more complex
> > device (at least the firmware, and you do pay for that :-) than what is
> > required for simply modulating and demodulating a fixed rate, framed
> > bit stream.
>
> > Perry E. Metzger sez:
> This is embarassingly wrong, Robert.
Please embarass me. Do you always approch things with the hostility
I am sensing, Perry? I've heard this about you but this is the first
time I've run into it myself. :-)
>
> Have you actually looked at one of the Rockwell chipsets in real use,
> Robert? They have "all in one" solutions these days. Getting cheaper
> than what they sell is almost impossible -- you cannot achieve savings
> by "leaving things out" because there is nothing available to leave
> out. With the cost of a codec to do something like QCELP and the chip
> to do the encryption, you are going to be at least as expensive as a
> normal modem anyway just for the parts to manage that component of the
> work.
Yes, every chip set and DSP on the market in excruciating detail. It
was only recently that I realized that I could use a simpler, cheaper
solution. I'm an EE as well as programmer and I've actually got bills
of materials and schematics for this. I'm not guessing.
>
> I'd be very suprised to see your price predictions come true. I'd be
> less suprised to see a secure voice product becaue the mechanisms to
> build such things are well understood and hardly revolutionary.
And I'll be very happy to surprise you when the political dust has
settled, when I am satisfied that a patent filing isn't going to be
stamped so that even I can't look at it or talk about it legally and
when I find the bucks to patent it and build one.
I keep saying I won't argue and then I do. :-) Time for me to put up
or shut up. I've tested these waters to my satisfaction and from the
feedback here believe that my solution is still non-obvious (until you
see it :-) So, I'll be back to discuss this further when I can freely.
Later,
Bob
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Bob Cain [email protected] 408-354-8021
"I used to be different. But now I'm the same."
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