Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov>
Forwarded From: Who wants to know? <curiosity@01.com>
Posted To: DefCon List <dc-stuff@merde.dis.org>
When I saw this thread I immediately remembered reading about a relatively
new product but the people who make it hadn't made the requisite sacrifices
to the search engine gods yet, so I couldn't pull them up until I dug up
the rag I'd read it in...
Check out:
http://www.gtgi.com/products/oem/cryptcard.html
The CryptCard is a Type II PCMCIA Encryption Card. It can be installed in
any PC-notebook with a free PCMCIA slot. Its major features include:
Full Access Control.
Transparent High Speed Encryption.
Resource Management.
User Audit Trail.
NIST Validated to conform to the Data Encryption Standard of FIPS
Publication 46-1. CryptCard also conforms to FIPS Publication 81,
DES Modes of Operation.
Overview
An effective security system must function independently of the processor
in the notebook PC to prevent performance degradation. This independence
demands that the security system have its own processor which is
physically and logically separated from the main processor. The processor
in the notebook PC will still be used for normal applications while the
security processor will be used to control user access, encrypt data,
manage encryption keys, and log events. The processor in the CryptCard has
its own peripherals for data and program storage, encryption and
decryption, and for tracking time (Real Time Clock). The CryptCard is
virtually a total computer system on its own and operates completely
independent of the notebook PC.
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They hawk it as a solution just for notebook computers, but frankly, I
can't think of a technical reason why adding a +/- $99 PCMCIA card reader
into a desktop PC and using this card wouldn't work.
C?
curiosity@01.com / "You always find what you're looking for
in the last place that you look."
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Received on Fri May 15 10:02:08 1998