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Silent Circle moves away from NIST cryptographic standards, cites NSA concerns
2013-10-02 14:15:44| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. National Security Agency's reported efforts to weaken encryption standards have prompted an encrypted communications company to move away from cryptographic algorithms sanctioned by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Silent Circle, a provider of encrypted mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and text messaging apps and services, will stop using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher and Secure Hash Algorithm 2 (SHA-2) hash functions as default cryptographic algorithms in its products.
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Cryptographic Authenticator suits medical and industrial applications.
2013-06-21 14:26:28| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Model DS28E35 DeepCover® Secure Authenticator integrates FIPS 186-based, Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm engine to implement public-key cryptography to operate challenge-and-response protocol between host controller and attached devices. Specified over -40 to +85°C temperature range, it includes nonvolatile memory, random number generator, and decrement-only usage counter. Operating over single pin on 1-Wire® interface, product comes in 6-pin TSOC or 8-pin TDFN-EP package. This story is related to the following:Authentication Systems |
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