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Back in 1986-7 there was a major effort to have DES replaced with a new encryption standard. I don't recall the name for the program, but it had the support of several chip companies (Intel, AMD, etc.) and was, I seem to recall, mentioned prominently in the National Computer Security Act of 1987.
I think Tim's thinking of the Commercial Comsec Endorsement Program (CCEP), an effort to get NSA-approved crypto hardware out into the commercial world. For some reason it never really caught on :) - -Paul - -- Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG | "Information is the currency of democracy." perobich@ingr.com | - some old guy named Thomas Jefferson Of course I don't speak for Intergraph. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBLjgEaafb4pLe9tolAQFWkwQAqmH/yf20V6w8gyLW1B18XDA+9ZakEHEt GxUmze9xhjm/NZuPalCvHcj+QEf8OHUpnZD4I9BfGj47fskj1yM20dH7xUuzqLy+ SJJsISvOoM5dd3SxbetblZYHwcG9pnAt9kS73InS2osiPNNiWnt0SoByH9E32+Gg xMXwsylpAaw= =Fa/u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----