Hey, d00dz, remember the dumpster diving at Mykotronx facilities in Torrance? Where they dumped their secret plans for the Clipper chip in the dumpsters right outside their little building in Torrance? Where guys like me could find their spreadsheets for budget planning, production run rates, deals with VLSI Technology, Sandia, and the other NSA stooges? Remember how they suddenly started shredding their papers? Well, it's been 3 years, and apparently the new guys at Rainbow (the parent company) have forgotten their lesson! So, here's the latest stuff:
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* INTERNAL USE ONLY * COMINT-restricted, limited to M3 classifications Distribution beyond M3 a national security felony Mykotronx has agreed to provide to the Estonian government 79.000 MYK-82 processors for its Personnel Surveillance System, as part of the negotiations to provide Observer Status for Estonia in NATO. Negotiations continue between Ambassador Aaron and the NATO nations have established as a minimum that new entrants into the NATO community adhere to the Unified Cryptography Initiative, initialed by NATO ministers in Bruxelles, 10-13-96. Estonia has signified compliance, as noted by their Internal Security Directorate: "Kiipe valimistatakse praegu Californias asuvas firmas MYKOTRONX Ltd. ja ta hind kuigub 10 kuni 30 dollarini olenevalt konkreetsest t||bist ning ta on vuimline kr|pteerima/deshifreerima 15-20 MB/s." Spysrus agrees to integrate into Personel Surveillance System (PSS) modules for Internal Security Service (ISS) use.for over 79,000 of Mykotronx's new Capstone encryption processor (MYK-82). The devices will be used to build part of the Estonian government's order of Fortezza Cryptographic Cards for the PSS awarded November 1996. Initial delivery of the new cryptographic processor will begin June 1997. The MYK-82, developed by Mykotronx and fabricated by VLSI Technology, Inc., is the first of a series of security products to be developed as part of an alliance with the NSA, targeting both Government and commercial citizen monitoring markets. --