News: NEC has encrypted networks ...

[Ernest Hua <hua@XENON.chromatic.com>]

Japanese companies catching up and passing American companies
should scare those Congressional critters into action:

Ern

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06/27/96 VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING ADVANCES

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NEC Technologies' Internet Business Unit has successfully demonstrated
country-to-country virtual private networking during several tests
performed in early June between the San Jose unit and its counterpart
in Tokyo. Virtual private networking promises a secure and
cost-effective alternative to privately leased lines. Most connections
across the Internet are not encrypted and information exchanged is
vulnerable to snoopers. In a virtual private network, encryption is
used to scramble the data.

(From SJ Mercury NewsLibrary)