outer@utcsri.UUCP (Richard Outerbridge) (03/27/87)
Has anyone heard of the "Harris" encryption chip? The salesman for a vendor of DES boards for the IBM PC called me up about his exciting new product, and I asked him about the impact of DES decertification. No problem - they're already working on substituting the "Harris" chip for the DES chip they use now. He didn't know very much - like the DES but better, like the DES but this time the U.S. will exercise tighter controls over who gets the chips - but talked as though the device were already in production. What is it? -- Richard Outerbridge <outer@utcsri.UUCP> (416) 961-4757 Payload Deliveries: N 43 39'36", W 79 23'42", Elev. 106.47m.
bisanabi@vrdxhq.UUCP (04/01/87)
In article <4443@utcsri.UUCP>, outer@utcsri.UUCP (Richard Outerbridge) writes: > Has anyone heard of the "Harris" encryption chip? "Harris" is actually the name of an organization who is under the CCEP program developing encryption chips. The branch that is doing this work is Harris Semiconductor in Florida (Melbourne?). I had received some literature at a recent DC show about their HS3447 Cypher1 chip, but cannot recall if this was DES based, or used the high-grade encryption algorithm. I do know they are currently under the CCEP program, but couldn't tell you whether or not those chips are available yet. -- :-- Paul : :UUCP: ...!{decuac, rlgvax, seismo, verdix}!vrdxhq!bisanabi