[Milsurplus] Cipher Challenge!

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Once upon a time the world believed that ASCII was outlawed because it  
was a "code". The same thing was then applied to various things  
including PSK31 and even .zip files. The FCC has clarified it again  
and again. The  reg prohibits secrecy. As long as you make what you  
are doing public, it's ok. Exactly what constitutes public in the age  
of the Internet is a bit open - *that* part of it is what's  worth  
discussing.

A proposal - encode by summing the first half of the message with the  
second half. Publish the algorithm widely and test it out over the  
net. Give it a name, and give it publicity. Once it's "well known" I  
suspect you can use it on the air.

Bob


On Nov 6, 2007, at 10:46 PM, J Forster wrote:

> The proposal I made was simply an exercise for a weekly mil radio CW  
> net....   sending a message of cipher groups like the messages that  
> would have been sent on the same gear 50 years earlier..  but with a  
> header explaining the transmission with a pointer to the plain text.  
> It was largely an exercise to improve Morse skills.
> The group owner opined the suggestion of sending cipher groups was  
> against  regs. and banned further discussion. Making the suggestion,  
> mind you. IMO, a group belongs to all the members, not just the  
> owner. W/o the members, a group is nothing.
> Best,
> -John
>
>
>
> D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
>> It is interesting, isn't it, that so many truly incompetent
>> folks seem to demand perfection in others!
>> Mac, K2GKK/5
>> USAF, Retired
>> Currently FAA
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