[GreenKeys] Teletype and TEMPEST info

Duncan Brown duncanancy at earthlink.net
Sun Oct 23 09:36:37 EDT 2016


Ed,

Emanations from crypto gear was first noticed by Bell Labs during WWII. 
The signals were showing up on test equipment elsewhere in the lab!

See this declassified report from NSA:
https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/declassified-documents/cryptologic-spectrum/assets/files/tempest.pdf
(the URL is also on Nick's new TEMPEST page)

Have fun,

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 22-Oct-16 22:31, Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys wrote:
> Thanks - - yea I imagine  the tty ( any model) is pretty electrically 
> signal active  with spillover that   could be listened in  to....  be 
> interesting to see if there are any lab studies on  this  Nick.
> Interesting  topic!
> You ever see a tempest HP laser printer?   they  even had special 
> enclosures  for the font cartridges...
> Ed#  www.smecc.org
> In a message dated 10/22/2016 6:42:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, 
> navy.radio at gmail.com writes:
>
>     Hi gang - Some Model 28 equipment was designed to reduce
>     electromagnetic radiation that could compromise crypto operations.
>     I've started a page with some info and would welcome corrections,
>     more info, links, etc. Some places I am just extrapolating from a
>     little info...
>     http://www.navy-radio.com/tty-tempest.htm
>
>     Cheers,
>     Nick England K4NYW
>     www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com/>
>
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