Study of Vulnerability of Electronic Communication Systems to Electronic Interception. Volume I.

摘要

The report is a summary of the findings of a study performed for the Office of Telecommunications Policy,Executive Office of the President,by the MITRE Corporation,to investigate the vulnerability of commonly available electronic communications to unauthorized interception. Common and specialized carrier and privately-owned communications system were studied. Various forms of communication such as analog and digital communications carried by dedicated service and switched service systems were analyzed. The transmission modes considered were terrestrial and satellite microwave systems,mobile radio systems and wire and cable (multi-pair and coaxial) systems. The capability required to target a specific person's or corporation's communications and extract the information content of these communications was addressed.