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Re: PCS Encryption?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnold G. Reinhold)
Tue Feb 4 16:08:10 1997
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:03:15 -0400
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: "Arnold G. Reinhold" <reinhold@world.std.com>
Adam Shostack asked:
> I was under the impression that Fortezza was ok for classified
>traffic. Did I miss the changeover, was it unannounced, or was I
>simply misremembering?
>
Last year Emmett Paige, the chief information officer for DOD, was quoted
as saying that Fortezza would be approved for information classified up to
SECRET and that NSA would expedite a more secure replacement. (There were
grumblings that Fortezza might be vulnerable in 20 years.) I believe
Fortezza Plus is that replacement. As I understand, it Fortezza Plus uses
"Type 1" encryption that is approved for classified info. I am not sure if
Fortezza Plus is available yet nor if vanilla Fortezza was actually
approved or used for classified info.
Arnold Reinhold
