1997-02-03 - Re: PCS Encryption?

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-02-03 15:25:44 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 07:25:44 -0800 (PST)

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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 07:25:44 -0800 (PST)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: PCS Encryption?
Message-ID: <199702031525.HAA26007@toad.com>
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John Young wrote:
|    http://www.nsa.gov:8080/programs/missi/condor.html

# How secure is CONDOR?
# 
#      Current proof-of-concept hardware is FORTEZZA(TM) based
#	(sensitive but unclassified)  Product versions will use STU
# 	for cellular voice and FORTEZZA(TM) Plus for net broadcast
# 	mode and data  

	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?

Adam

-- 
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