[Premium-Rx] WJ & tempest

[Jerry T Dowell]

Mike is right. As a TEMPEST Engineer/Professional, certified by NSA, in a
previous life, I can attest that the term TEMPEST was not originally an
acronym. From time to time, various people would come up with suggested
meanings, but nothing stuck.

Jerry   AI6L

.----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] WJ & tempest


> On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:22:12PM +0000, Richard Reich wrote:
> > TEMPEST = 'Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected From
Emanating
> > Spurious Transmissions'
>
> I have to say that I suspect a backformation; when I dealt with the
> stuff, it was Just Another Codename, randomly selected from the list.
>
> -- 
> Mike Andrews
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
>