[net.crypt] RSA public key chip from MIT?

newton2@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (10/16/84)

I've heard that there's a chip to do RSA public key encryption, and
that it's available from or licensed by MIT. Does anyone know
anything/everything about this?

Does it include handshaking protocols? Is there an energing standard for such?

Is it fast enough for real time RSA encryption, or is the intended use to
exchange working keys.

Can anyone buy it? What does NSA say? What's the size of the prime factors used?Who (what) has to compute/test the primes (i.e., does the chip do that?).

I'd greatly appreciate any info on this, as well as news of any announced
or gestating products using it or similar stuff.

		Thanks very much

			Doug Maisel ucbvax!ucbtopaz!newton2