[143158] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
RE: Obama's secure PDA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ian.farquhar@rsa.com)
Thu Jan 29 14:17:52 2009
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:49:29 -0500
In-Reply-To: <8763jz9rs2.fsf@snark.cb.piermont.com>
From: <ian.farquhar@rsa.com>
To: <perry@piermont.com>, <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>
Cc: <krstic@solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu>, <leichter@lrw.com>,
<cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Perry wrote:
pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) writes:
>> I wonder what a "classified USB cable" is. Perhaps it's an
unclassified USB
>> cable with the little three-prong USB logo blacked out by the
censors.
> I would imagine it is a tempest shielded cable, and appropriately
> altered connectors.
It would definitely be shielded, but I doubt it's TEMPEST qualified at
that price point.
I suspect it's just a USB cable with a keyed connector, to enforce
red/black sep in this somewhat atypical environment (eg. section
5.4.6.1.1.2 of MIL-HDBK-232A)
Ian.
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