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Re: Starium announces STU-III for the masses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Blossom)
Wed Apr 28 12:25:06 1999
From: Eric Blossom <eb@starium.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:54:34 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Cc: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net,
cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <v03130300b34cc3c1e0f0@[24.218.56.100]>
Arnold Reinhold writes:
> At 10:59 AM -0700 4/27/99, Eric Murray wrote:
> >Starium (with cypherpunks Whit Diffie and Eric Blossom)
> >announce an STU-III add-on for ~$100.
> >
> >http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG19990423S0015
> >
>
> The article states that NSA uses 3DES and DH key exchange in its STU-III
> products. My understanding is that STU-III uses NSA Type 1 algorithms and
> conventional key distribution.
>
> Arnold Reinhold
It appears the folks at EE Times didn't quite get the story straight.
We are not building a STU-III compatible gadget. What we are building
is a family of secure telephones and add-ons that implement what many
people consider the most conservative cryptographic algorithms:
Diffie-Hellman with a 2048-bit modulus combined with 3-key triple-DES.
When the AES is selected, we'll offer that too.
Eric Blossom
Chief Technical Officer
Starium, Ltd.
