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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:16:07 ADT
Sparkes, Ian, ZFRD AC (ian.sparkes@17.dmst02.telekom400.dbp.de)
20 Mar 1998 14:10:06 +0100
>Per Kangru says:
>> You never let the enemy know that you've cracked their
>> codes. British cities were 'sacrificed' for this in
>WWII.
>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.
"Carrots make you see better in the dark."
My mother told me this, and firmly believes it, I think. I
have read somewhere that this was part of the
disinformation campaign which was created during WWII to
cover up the fact that the newly discovered radar was
guiding the fighter pilots to the right spot to engage the
enemy at night, and not a healthy diet of carrots and
spinach.
I don't however have any references. It could just be bull.
The point is that you don't reveal any advantage which you
may possess, be it intelligence, military, or the fact that
you have three batallions of naked wode-covered picts
gnawing at the leash to get into action.
Sorry for the aside.
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:16:07 ADT