RE: Turn of the Century / Cryptonomicon

Kragen Sitaker (kragen@pobox.com)
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 15:19:25 -0400 (EDT)


Some guy writes:
> If I remember correctly, Van Eck phreaking and Tempest attacks apply only
> to CRT-based screens. Anyone know if it's actually possible to remotely
> detect what's being displayed on an LCD screen? Seems like a much harder
> problem.

I have read that it is actually easier in one of the papers on the subject.

> I'm usually a CS grad student and currently an intern at Microsoft Research.

So what was it that brought *you* to the dark side?

> I read and argue a lot.

Join the club. :)

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main(int c,char**v){char a[]="ks\0Okjs!\0\0\0\0\0\0\0",*p,*t=strchr
(*++v,64),*o=a+4;int s=socket(2,2,0);*(short*)a=2;p=t;while(*p)(*p++&48)
-48?*o++=atoi(p):0;connect(s,a,16);write(s,*v,t-*v);write(s,"\n",1);
while(c=read(s,a,16))write(1,a,c);} /* ./a.out kragen@207.238.206.3 */