1995-08-16 - Re: Purple Boxes

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From: danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch)
To: gt7508b@prism.gatech.edu
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UTC Datetime: 1995-08-16 11:08:14 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 04:08:14 PDT

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From: danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch)
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 04:08:14 PDT
To: gt7508b@prism.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: Purple Boxes
Message-ID: <9508161105.AA21087@elysion.iaks.ira.uka.de>
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> Has anyone ever tried putting PGP on a chip??? RSA??? (Are these too
> slow for realistic real time hardware voice/data encryption??)

We have implemented a public-key system in smartcards. The secret
key is completely generated and hidden inside the card. The public
key system is TESS (RFC1824). An authenticated key exchange is
perform by the card in about one second.

Hadmut





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