henkp@nikhefk.uucp (Henk Peek) (09/29/86)
Under the plan - National Security Decision Directieve 145 - the security of both commercial and military information systems in USA will be the responsibility of the National Security Agency - the federal government's supersecret intelligence and cryptographic organisation. Directive 145, plans to supersede DES protocols with a new standard that incorporates specialed key-variable code-generating algorithms to create nearly tamper-proof datacomm ICs. The first commercial development is the Harris HS3447 Cypher 1, a CMOS chip. NSA will no longer approve DES after 1988. The switch to the new Comsec (Communications Security) chips will be gradual. Robert Rosenberg, Electronics, 3 feb 86, page 27-31 EDN, 3 apr 86, page 107 henk peek, henkp@nikhefk@mcvax