AT&T and VLSI Encryption device
Today's (1/31) Washington Post has a tiny blurb that AT&T and VLSI will announce a hardware encryption device for use in lots of communications devices, including cell phones, PDAs, etc. Today's Wall Street Journal has a bit more, says that it uses 3-DES and is a market rejection of Clipper. Also contains a quote from Jim Bidzos of RSA/PKP. But there is little detail. There was no mention of what PKP technology is used in the hardware. I assume that AT&T has liscensed DH for session key exchange. They could be using RSA with the keys embedded in ROM/EEPROM. Anyone got any technical details? Thanks Pat Pat Farrell Grad Student pfarrell@cs.gmu.edu Department of Computer Science George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Public key availble via finger #include <standard.disclaimer>
"Pat Farrell" says:
Today's (1/31) Washington Post has a tiny blurb that AT&T and VLSI will announce a hardware encryption device for use in lots of communications devices, including cell phones, PDAs, etc.
This is the device I posted a newswire article about a couple of weeks ago. No details, but it looks cute. Perry
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