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   Another strategy for acquiring plaintext is to find an access point that   
   provides direct access to the plaintext before encryption or after decryption.   
   In the area of communications, a router or switch might offer such access to   
   communications that    
   traverse the switch. If the communications are encrypted on links coming into   
   and going out of the switch, but in the clear as they pass through the switch,   
   then a wiretap placed in the switch will give access to the plaintext   
   communications. We noted    
   earlier how digital cellular communications could be intercepted in this   
   manner, while at the same time offering users considerably greater security   
   and privacy than offered by analog phones that do not use encryption.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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