Re: Software license detector vans

Jim Gillogly (jim@mentat.com)
Thu, 19 Mar 98 09:54:46 PST

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Per Kangru says:
> You never let the enemy know that you've cracked their codes.
> British cities were 'sacrificed' for this in WWII.

If you're thinking of Coventry, that canard has been thoroughly and
convincingly debunked. If you have other cities in mind, pray tell.

The principle is sound, though -- at least for the cryptanalyst
side of the house. The Allies went to considerable lengths to conceal
the source of their knowledge of U-Boat locations. They would send a
spotter plane to where they knew the sub was, let the sub see they'd
been spotted, and only then send in the destroyer.

But no cities, so far as I know.

        Jim Gillogly

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