mckee@MITRE.ARPA (H. Craig McKee) (10/29/86)
From the October, 1986 issue of SIGNAL: ---------------------------------------- The National Security Agency (NSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire a Secure LAN File Server that will provide high grade encryption support for a variety of file storage devices. The secure file server, being developed by Simpact Associates, Inc., as part of its participation in NSA's Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program, will allow users with classified applications to file data on conventional storage devices. Because the information is encrypted before it is stored, the storage device does not have to be Tempest treated, and users need not remove the medium and store it in a secure safe when it is not in use. Elimination of these restrictions allows users to configure their systems from a wide range of commercially available, high performance, high density file storage devices. Future related products, when used with a computer that has an accredited secure operating system, will provide multilevel file security. The first of this new family of file servers will address the government's large installed base of Wang Laboratories, Inc., computers. Deliveries are scheduled to start in late 1987. Commercial availability of the Secure LAN File Server is contingent on final NSA endorsement. ----------------------------------------