Semaphore network encryption report
Abstract
This paper documents the results of a preliminary assessment performed on the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Semaphore Communications Corporation (SCC) Network Security System (NSS). The Semaphore NSS is a family of products designed to address important network security concerns, such as network source address authentication and data privacy. The assessment was performed in the INFOSEC Core Integration Laboratory, and its scope was product usability focusing on interoperability and system performance in an existing operational network. Included in this paper are preliminary findings. Fundamental features and functionality of the Semaphore NSS are identified, followed by details of the assessment, including test descriptions and results. A summary of test results and future plans are also included. These findings will be useful to those investigating the use of commercially available solutions to network authentication and data privacy.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994STIN...9521493J
- Keywords:
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- Computer Information Security;
- Computer Networks;
- Computer Systems Design;
- Computer Systems Performance;
- Cryptography;
- Access Control;
- Privacy;
- Protocol (Computers);
- Selective Dissemination Of Information;
- Communications and Radar