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Packet encryption follows the [[High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption Interoperability Specification]] (HAIPE IS), the core interoperability specification as NSA moves to [[Internet Protocol]]-based [[routing|routed]] communications. | Packet encryption follows the [[High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption Interoperability Specification]] (HAIPE IS), the core interoperability specification as NSA moves to [[Internet Protocol]]-based [[routing|routed]] communications. | ||
In link mode, it interoperates with the older [[KG-84]] family. | In link mode, it interoperates with the older [[KG-84]] family. Like the KG-84, it uses the classified encryption algorithm nicknamed WINDSTER. Various KIV-7 family devices are essentially miniaturized KG-84's, small enough to be embedded in radios and other electronics. |
Revision as of 11:48, 10 April 2009
TSEC/KIV-7 devices are cryptographic devices developed by the National Security Agency, with two full-duplex channels operating at 100 Mbps. Different versions provide bulk encryption alone, link- and packet-level encryption, and encryption that meets the specialized resynchronization requirements of time domain multiple access multiplexed networks. It is slower than the TSEC/KIV-19, which is replacing it in TROJAN SPIRIT applications.
Packet encryption follows the High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption Interoperability Specification (HAIPE IS), the core interoperability specification as NSA moves to Internet Protocol-based routed communications.
In link mode, it interoperates with the older KG-84 family. Like the KG-84, it uses the classified encryption algorithm nicknamed WINDSTER. Various KIV-7 family devices are essentially miniaturized KG-84's, small enough to be embedded in radios and other electronics.