Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > http://www.fcw.com/article103563-08-27-07-Print > > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
An interview with DIRNSA, a bit on the subject of cryptomod: http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=389 Straight from the horses mouth: https://www.cryptomod.org/frontpage.htm (unfortunately you have to be a member, which is essentially by invitation only. If you're a member it appears the content is dynamic, and has more of interest than the neophyte can see. There's the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_Modernization_Program They're purportedly talking about reconfigurable crypto to be able to run different algorithms: http://edageek.com/2007/02/21/xilinx-virtex-4-fpga-nsa-crypto/ http://www.xilinx.com/prs_rls/2007/end_markets/0713_v4nsa.htm Xilinx, NSA Create Virtex-4 FPGA-based Cryptographic Solution Posted in FPGAs on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 http://www.mil-embedded.com/PDFs/NSA.Mar07.pdf FPGA-BASED SINGLE CHIP CRYPTOGRAPHIC SOLUTION (U) I ran into something talking about a next generation secure identification friend or foe (SIFF), that if I recall correctly was saying that it was KI-1 backward compatible, sounded reconfigurable. I know there are other single chip implementations of older Type I originally using permuters. Articles with some equipment and process replacements:; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_May_6/ai_n13674881 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_June_10/ai_n13807215 (Safenet bought Mykotronx/Rainbow?) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_3_31/ai_n16740679 John Young's cryptome: http://cryptome.org/kg30-library.htm U) NSA/CSS Policy 3-9, Cryptographic Modernization Initiative Requirements for Type 1 Cryptographic Products, National Security Agency, Information Assurance Directorate, 28 Mar 2003 (U//FOUO Document - NSA) You can see that the cryptomod has been underway for a while. Saw something last week saying the KG-30 family was retired. There appears to be either two or three cryptoprocessors, too. http://www.l-3com.com/products-services/docoutput.aspx?id=805 (Hadn't seen this one before.) You can find lots of interesting things by pursuing the latest buzz phrase, Information Assurance: http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1932 (This one is very interesting) Literally everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]