That optics section. Sounds like not only are they tapping into fiber, they've got the gov. equivalent of an industrial research lab working on how to do it.
Any thoughts on the final line of this refers to?<p><i>AUTHENTICATED CRYPTOGRAPHY PATENT NO.: 7,827,408</i><p><i>Message encryption and authentication are typically performed separately. In other words,
a message is encrypted using one method and then a cryptographic hash of the message is generated
using a second method.
This invention is a device for and method of encrypting and authenticating a message and authenticating any additional
information. The present invention provides a cryptographically stronger authentication method and is more efficient to implement, than the prior art.</i><p><i>VALUE:
Provides combined authenticated encryption in efficient manner. Does not require random numbers, two encryption keys, or checksums.</i>
I misread this as "NASA 2014 Technology".<p>As I was reading my thought was "Wow, NASA spends a lot of time making technology that would be really useful for spying on people."