[2615] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Director of Central Intelligence on Trust
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Koontz)
Thu Apr 30 16:44:26 1998
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:31:00 -0700
From: koontz@netapp.com (David Koontz)
To: cme@acm.org, reinhold@world.std.com
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
>STE, which requires an ISDN line or military equivalent, can set up a
>secure call in 1.9 seconds. STU-III takes 17 seconds. Audio is high quality
>and users can set up three-way conference calls.
I haven't seen any specs for an isdn line only STE. They can also
operate on regular phone lines. I believe there are isdn-less models.
>algorithms like Skipjack and SHA, plus "high grade algorithms:" BATON,
>FIREFLY, SDNS signature, STU-III
FIREFLY is a public key certificate exchange system originally developed
for certifying the role of the recipient - classification level
authorization, role .
STU-IIIs are being end-of-lifed for new purchases.
