Cyphernomicon Index
Cyphernomicon 9.11

Policy: Clipper,Key Escrow, and Digital Telephony:
Products, Versions -- Tessera, Skipjack, etc.

   9.11.1. "What are the various versions and products associated with
            EES?"
           - Clipper, the MYK-78 chip.
           - Skipjack.
           + Tessera. The PCMCIA card version of the Escrowed Encryption
              Standard.
             - the version Matt Blaze found a way to blow the LEAF
             - National Semiconductor "iPower" card may or may not
                support Tessera (conflicting reports).
   9.11.2. AT&T Surety Communications
           - NSA may have pressured them not to release DES-based
              products
   9.11.3. Tessera cards
           - iPower
           - Specifications for the Tessera card interface can be found
              in several places, including " csrc.ncsl.nist.gov"--see the
              file  cryptcal.txt [David Koontz, 1994-08-08].
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