Using Fortezza For Transparent File Encryption

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12th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '96)

San Diego California

December 09-December 13

ISBN: 0-8186-7606-X

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	J. Epstein, T. Williams, "Using Fortezza For Transparent File Encryption," Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual, pp. 140, 12th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '96), 1996.

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	@article{ 10.1109/CSAC.1996.569687, author = {J. Epstein and T. Williams}, title = {Using Fortezza For Transparent File Encryption}, journal ={Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual}, volume = {0}, year = {1996}, issn = {1063-9527}, pages = {140}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSAC.1996.569687}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual TI - Using Fortezza For Transparent File Encryption SN - 1063-9527 SP EP A1 - J. Epstein, A1 - T. Williams, PY - 1996 KW - cryptography; Fortezza; transparent file encryption; SISTex; Assure Basic product; security features; access controls; Data Encryption Standard; DOS/Windows environment; DES based file encryption; Fortezza card; Skipjack algorithm; technical problems; product development VL - 0 JA - Computer Security Applications Conference, Annual ER -

J. Epstein, Cordant Inc., Reston, VA, USA

T. Williams, Cordant Inc., Reston, VA, USA

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSAC.1996.569687

SISTex's Assure(R) Basic product provides security features including access controls and transparent file encryption (using the Data Encryption Standard) in a DOS/Windows environment. To meet the needs of certain customers, we converted the DES based file encryption to use NSA's Fortezza card, which uses the Skipjack algorithm. Despite our expectations, Fortezza was not a clean replacement for DES. The paper discusses some of the thorny technical problems encountered during product development.

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cryptography; Fortezza; transparent file encryption; SISTex; Assure Basic product; security features; access controls; Data Encryption Standard; DOS/Windows environment; DES based file encryption; Fortezza card; Skipjack algorithm; technical problems; product development

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J. Epstein, T. Williams, "Using Fortezza For Transparent File Encryption," acsac, pp.140, 12th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '96), 1996

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