Part 97 (1/2)
”Don't bother,haired German youth of about twenty
”Excusefor marks, yes?”
”Well, yes I wanted to see who made these”
”I iddily ”This is not available froled
”Who needs them from the establishment when they are so easy to build”
Scott knew that electronics was indeed a garage operation and that un in entrepreneur's base equipainst was anathe themachines for their demonstrations
Over in a dimly lit corner, di with an array of coly familiar As he approached he experienced an immediate rush of d ja vu This was the same type of equipment that he had seen on the van before it was blown up a couple of roup was speaking in Gerlish for Scott's benefit They sensed his interest as he poked around the assorted monitors and antennas and test equipment
”Ah, you are interested in Van Eck?” asked one of the German hackers They h discussion Scott learned that they were funded as part of a university research project in Frankfurt
Scott watched and listened as they set up a co demonstra- tion First, one coraphic picture Several yards away another coe that cleared as one of the students adjusted the antenna attached to the co that the second co that the first coraphics, word proc- essing screens and spreadsheets Each time, in a matter of seconds, they 'locked' into the other computer successfully
Scott was duly i effort into such research ”Very siroup said ”This work is classified in both your country and mine, so we do not have access to the anse need So, we build our own and now it's no more classified You see?”
”Why do you need it?”
”To protect against it,” they said in near unison ”The next step is to build efficient ht the Van Eck”
”Doesn't Tempest do that?”
”Tempest?” the senior student said ”Ha! It h a thousand pounds and the monitor hard to read There are better ways to defend To defend we must first kno to attack That's basic”
”Let roup after their lengthy de- netic pulses? Strong ones?”
”Ya You mean like froned to only hurt computers”
”Oh, ya We have wanted to build one, but it is beyond ourtheht that the Aovern discussion taught Scott that the technology that the DoD and the NSA so desperately spent billions to keep secret and proprietary was in coineers, and Scott could easily relate, every problee is to accoi- neer's pride
Jon, the Flying Dutchman finally rescued Scott's stouys want to anda,” he threatened
”Thank God! I'm famished and haven't touched the stuff all day
Love to, it's ona co could he explain a thousand dollar dinner for a hundred hungry hackers?