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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: telcom security
Message-ID: <5724@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 11-Nov-84 18:48:36 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 11 18:48:36 1984
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> What if you attach a high quality tape recorder to a person's telephone
> line that is attached to their computer at 300 or 1200 baud with any
> of the available modems.  If you played the recording back to your modem,
> wouldn't you be able to watch all of the incoming and outgoing activity?

Wrong.  You'd only get one way.  Your average modem only listens in
one direction at a time.  If the user had a full duplex computer, you
could watch the whole thing.  Alternatively, you could use two modems,
or play the tape twice on the modem, once in originate and once in answer
mode.

-Ron