Acronyms

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Clipper Chip
Diffie-Hellman public-key exchange to exchange SKIPJACK keys. Voice.
Capstone Chip
SKIPJACK, DSA and Secure Hash Standard. Data.
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm, can only be used for signatures.
EES
Escrowed Encryption Standard
ITAR
The ITAR control the export of items listed on the U.S. Munitions List (USML), and are administered by the Office of Defense Trade Controls in the Department of State. The Commerce Department administers the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"), which regulate the export of so-called "dual-use" items listed on the Commerce Control List (CCL
LEAF
Law Enforcement Access Field (contains session key encrypted in chip unique key)
SKIPJACK
symmetric-key, encryption algorithm, developed by NSA, part of EES.

Joseph M. Reagle

W3C