I was a "military guy"back in the day 31m and 31q to be precise. On Jun 14, 2013 9:09 PM, "Michael Thomas" <m...@mtcc.com> wrote:
> On 06/14/2013 05:34 PM, Scott Helms wrote: > >> Is it possible? Yes, but it's not feasible because the data rate would be >> too low. That's what I'm trying to get across. There are lots things >> that >> can be done but many of those are not useful. >> >> I could encode communications in fireworks displays, but that's not >> effective for any sort of communication system. >> >> > You're really hung up on bit rate, and you really shouldn't. Back in > the days before gigabit pipes, tapping out morse was considered > a data rate beyond belief. Ships used flags and signaling lights well > into the second world war at least. The higher the value of the > information, the lower the bit rate you need to transmit it (I think > this might formally be information entropy, but I'm not certain). > > You might think that there is nothing of particularly high value to be > had within the confines of what a (compromised) router can produce, > but I'd say prepare to be surprised. I'm not much of a military guy, but > some of the stuff they dream up makes you go "how on earth did you > think that up?". And that's just the unclassified widely known stuff. > Part of the issue when you say "it could be done cheaper somewhere > else" presupposes we know the economics of what they're trying to do. > We don't, so we should assume that routers just like everything else are > a target, and that you almost certainly won't notice it if they are. > > Mike >
