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CRYPTOGRAPHY BATTLE

On Thursday 19 May the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the adoption of the Digital Signature Standard (DSS) as the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186. As such DSS is to provide unforgeable digital signatures to all [...] (999 words)

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NSA'S PAINFUL INTERNAL AUDIT

After coming under fire in Congress in late November during a debate on the legality of interceptions by the Echelon

UNITED STATES 02/12/1999

SPECULATION ON NSA HEARINGS

According to Intelligence Newsletter sources in Congress, NSA officials won't be heard before the House of Representative's Government Reform Committee

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Legislator Bob Barr has benefited from a favorable climate in the U.S. Congress to mark an important point in his

UNITED STATES 04/11/1999

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National Security Agency insiders say the organization's new director, Lt.-Gen. Michael Hayden, who took up his job in March, has

UNITED STATES 04/11/1999

WORK ON INFORMATION SECURITY "LARGELY FRUITLESS

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UNITED STATES 21/10/1999

NSA AND NIST SHOW THEIR STUFF

Some of the leading lights in the field of information

UNITED STATES 21/10/1999

HIGH TECH INTELLIGENCE SHOW

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THE PITFALLS OF MASS-PRODUCED ENCRYPTION

During the G8 summit meeting in Moscow this week as ministers laid plans for future cooperation in fighting cybercrime several law enforcement and intelligence officials on the sidelines were instead weighing the consequences of mass-produced encryption.

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American claims that the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade on May 7 by US Air Force fighters was

UNITED STATES 07/10/1999

NSA'S SUPER COMPUTER

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IBM AND MICROSOFT, THEIR SECRET ALLIANCES

In recent months the Pentagon and NSA have undertaken secret and direct negotiations with the bosses of IBM and Microsoft to get them to install systems enabling the intelligence community to gain access to encrypted data.

UNITED STATES 23/09/1999

FRESH APPROACH TO ENCRYPTION

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UNITED STATES 26/08/1999

NSA WANTS TO WORK WITH BANKS

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UNITED STATES 26/08/1999

COMPANIES LINKED TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE

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UNITED KINGDOM 22/07/1999

TAPPING INTO THE WEB

The Home Office department that deals with organized crime recently published a consultative paper called 'Interception of Communications in the

UNITED STATES 08/07/1999

WORLD-WIDE INTERNET SECURITY SCHEME

Washington is intent on creating a massive domestic and international Internet monitoring system, according to Intelligence Newsletter sources close to

UNITED KINGDOM 08/07/1999

NEW HOME FOR GCHQ

Cheltenham borough council has approved final details for a new center for Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Designed by the

UNITED STATES 08/07/1999

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UNITED STATES 24/06/1999

SECRET HELP FOR KOSOVARS

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A Republican congressman from Georgia, Bob Barr, successfully introduced an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act on May 13 that

UNITED STATES 27/05/1999

MONET, A NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEM

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UNITED STATES 27/05/1999

UNIVERSITIES WIN TOP MARKS FROM NSA

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QUEBEC DATAMINING FOR NSA

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UNITED STATES 22/04/1999

THOMAS WILSON

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UNITED STATES 22/04/1999

FORMER NSA DIRECTOR TO PROMOTE EXPORTS

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UNITED STATES 08/04/1999

PENTAGON FAULTED FOR INADEQUATE C4I

A committee of independent experts chaired by Jim McGroddy, who was an IBM vice president in charge of research until

UNITED STATES 11/03/1999

NSA VOICES FEARS IN CRYPTOGRAPHY

Speaking before a House judiciary sub-committee on March 4, NSA

UNITED STATES 11/03/1999

NEW BOSS AT NSA

As Intelligence Newsletter predicted in its last issue (IN 353),

UNITED STATES 25/02/1999

HOW THE NSA "WEAKENS" ALGORITHMS

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UNITED STATES 25/02/1999

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With U.S. Air Force lt.-gen. Kenneth Minihan due to step down as director of the National Security Agency (NSA) in

UNITED STATES 11/02/1999

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The recent publication of the book "Top Secret Intranet" (Prentice Hall, NJ., ISBN 0-13-080898-9) by a former top-level NSA official,

UNITED STATES 28/01/1999

NSA'S POST-COLD WAR PROFILE

Significant new details on how the National Security Agency is organized in the post-Cold War era have emerged from new

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TOUGH TEST FOR U.S. CODE-BREAKERS

The huge electronic spying operation carried out since 1996 in Iraq by the United States, Israel, Britain and several other countries via UNSCOM raises a lot of questions. One concerns its effectiveness. The results appear to have fallen short of

UNITED STATES 14/01/1999

NSA'S HAND IN SHAPING RESEARCH

The National Security Agency has always played a key role in the United States by spurring research – both in-house

UNITED STATES 31/12/1998

DE-CLASSIFYING THE OBVIOUS AND THE LESS SO

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UNITED STATES 10/12/1998

NSA-FBI COMPUTER SECURITY PUSH

Authoritative sources have confirmed that the NSA and FBI are beginning to engage massively in monitoring domestic computer security "incidents."

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DEFSMAC A QUIET HERO IN ANTI-PROLIFERATION FIGHT

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UNITED STATES 26/11/1998

ANNUAL RSA CONFERENCE

For the first time, the 1999 version of the renowned

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WIDER BUGGING POWERS FOR AUTHORITIES?

In the wake of two meetings – one in Vienna between Oct. 20-22 and the second in Madrid on Oct. 27-28 – a group of European Union law enforcement experts tabled a draft project on "interception of telecommunications in relation

UNITED KINGDOM 29/10/1998

LOOKING FOR LOST CODES

Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) appears highly intrigued by the

UNITED STATES 29/10/1998

INTERNAL ESPIONAGE?

A former NSA and CIA legal counselor, Elizabeth Rindskopf, publicly

RUSSIA UNITED STATES 29/10/1998

THE CASE AGAINST AN AMERICAN SPY

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UNITED STATES 15/10/1998

NSA'S HIGHER COMPUTER-SECURITY PROFILE

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UNITED STATES 17/09/1998

THE HIDDEN COST OF ASKING NSA'S HELP

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UNITED STATES 03/09/1998

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UNITED STATES 16/07/1998

ENCRYPTION WITH A "PRIVATE DOORBELL"

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FRANCE 16/07/1998

SCSSI TO BE BEEFED UP?

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UNITED STATES 02/07/1998

THE THREATS AND TRANSPARENCY GAME

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UNITED STATES 21/05/1998

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UNITED STATES 05/03/1998

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UNITED KINGDOM 19/02/1998

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UNITED STATES 19/02/1998

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UNITED STATES 05/02/1998

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UNITED STATES 05/02/1998

NSA TAKES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Clinton Brooks, who had served up to now as special

UNITED STATES 22/01/1998

THOMAS MCDERMOTT

Former deputy director for information systems security at the National Security Agency (NSA), Thomas McDermott has been named senior vice

UNITED STATES 22/01/1998

CROWELL LANDS AT CYLINK CORP

In contact with several companies in the computer field since he retired in September (IN 322/323), the former deputy director

SWEDEN 08/01/1998

AUTHORITIES FIND LOTUS "FLAW"

The Swedish government has just discovered that the encryption software in the Lotus Notes (IBM) system includes a "flaw" that

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UNITED STATES 18/12/1997

HOW TO MODERNIZE INTELLIGENCE?

A top-line panel has recommended a shake-up in American intelligence that would include such revolutionary moves as uncoupling the Directorate of Intelligence from the CIA and reducing it drastically in size. The panel, chaired by former National Security Agency director

UNITED STATES 04/12/1997

SWEEPING OVERHAUL FOR NSA

The National Security Agency is radically overhauling the structure of its Directorate of Operations, ending the latter's 45-year-long practice of

UNITED STATES 20/11/1997

PLUGGING HOLES IN INFORMATION SECURITY

Unveiled on Nov. 5 after several months of sometimes story debate, the report that the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure

UNITED STATES 20/11/1997

WILLIAM CROWELL -- A CLARIFICATION

William Crowell, the former deputy director of the NSA who retired in September, hasn't been hired by SRI Consulting as

UNITED STATES 06/11/1997

WILLIAM CROWELL

Less than two months after he retired as deputy director of the National Security Agency (NSA), William Crowell has been

UNITED STATES 23/10/1997

ARMY UNDER NETSCAPE COLORS

The U.S. armed forces have adopted Netscape for its communications.

UNITED STATES 09/10/1997

CISCO WINS NSA CONTRACT

The U.S. magazine Federal Computer Week has revealed that the

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UNITED STATES 24/07/1997

LIFTING CLAMPS A KEY TO U.S. POWER

By easing legislation on the export of sensitive equipment and goods in recent years the United States has considerably boosted its industrial, commercial, political and military might in the world. The change has been marked by fierce arguments -- such

UNITED STATES 26/06/1997

AMERICAN SIGINT BASE TO CLOSE DOWN

The last major American signals intelligence facility in Germany may close down in the near future. The Senate Select Committee

UNITED STATES 26/06/1997

NEW WAYS TO HIT "HARD TARGETS"

In a recent talk with newsmen, Keith Hall, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), outlined a number of new

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EUROPE UNITED STATES 12/06/1997

STANDARDS A WEAPON IN INFOWAR

Up to now, standards and norms on a national or world level traditionally emerged from a long bureaucratic process established by engineers isolated in their specific technical fields. For some time now, however, this backwater world has become a strategic

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES 27/03/1997

GETTING AROUND EXPORT CURB

Two companies, UK Web Ltd. and C2Net Software, Inc., have

UNITED STATES 13/03/1997

BETTER SHIELD FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Set up last December, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCCIP) that aims to hammer out a national strategy

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UNITED STATES 13/02/1997

CRYPTOGRAPHY'S LEAP INTO COMMERCIAL ARENA

By the end of this year cryptography will have definitely quit the intelligence and defense spheres in which it has been carefully enclosed up to now and thrown itself into the commercial era. The RSA Data Security Conference which was

UNITED STATES 30/01/1997

PROTECTING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS

An Atlanta-based company specializing in encryption software for the Internet,

UNITED STATES 16/01/1997

STEELE TESTS WATER FOR GORE

Robert Steele, pioneer in the use of open sources by U.S. intelligence, has angrily protested over two decisions taken by

UNITED STATES 28/11/1996

SECURING DATA ON THE INTERNET

Hewlett-Packard claims to have developed an encryption framework for securing

UNITED STATES 14/11/1996

BALANCING ACT BETWEEN DCI AND SENATE

The 1997 Intelligence Authorization Act signed by President Bill Clinton in October will lift U.S. spending on intelligence to a

UNITED STATES 14/11/1996

LIFTING THE VEIL ON NRO

The US National Reconnaissance Office has released further details about its budget, personnel, organization and future plans. Among the details

UNITED STATES 17/10/1996

THE LAST OF VENONA'S SECRETS

The final batch of Venona documents that provide information on Americans, Britons, Australians and others who gave the Soviet Union

UNITED STATES 19/09/1996

LATEST ADVANCES IN TRANSLATION MACHINES

Thomas Pedtke, who holds the job of Associate Chief Scientist at the National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC), gave an interesting

UNITED STATES 18/07/1996

A "LOCKBOX" TO KEEP CODES

The U S company Trusted Information Services (TIS) was one of the first to criticize the Clipper Chip when it

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EUROPE 18/07/1996

KEYS OF THE SECURITY KINGDOM

European legislation on encryption is widely varied. For instance, Dirk Heuze, head of BSI, the German information security agency, strongly recommends that companies encrypt their messages on the Internet. His French counterpart, gen. Jean-Louis Desvignes, head of the Service Central

UNITED STATES 26/06/1996

704TH'S WORK FOR NSA

Recent leaks in the U.S. indicate that the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade based at Fort Meade, Maryland, provides major support

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UNITED STATES 09/05/1996

DEUTCH FORGES A REAL "COMMUNITY"

John Deutch's plan to overhaul American intelligence that was presented to Congress in late April aims to meld a profusion of agencies with often overlapping powers into a genuine, unified and more effective "intelligence community" with a much smaller workforce.

UNITED STATES 18/04/1996

FIXING AGENDA FOR TCA

The Technical Collection Agency that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence said in its IC21 report (IN --) should

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UNITED STATES 07/03/1996

DRAWING NEW MAP FOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE

The high-level panel set up under former defence secretary Harold Brown to assess the performance of the American intelligence community has rejected any massive overhaul of U.S. intelligence. The panel, named the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the

UNITED STATES 07/03/1996

EASING THE GLOBAL RULES

New international rules and technical standards for cryptography that both the U.S. government and the majority of Western nations could

UNITED STATES 11/01/1996

FBI AND IRS LOBBY TOGETHER

American intelligence services are known to be strongly opposed to

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UNITED STATES 26/10/1995

NEW BLUEPRINT FOR U.S. SIGINT

The National Security Agency has undertaken a major rehaul of its signals intelligence operations which reflects the collapse of the Soviet threat, budget reductions and personnel cutbacks in the U.S. intelligence community and an increased commitment to collecting SIGINT to

UNITED KINGDOM 12/10/1995

NEW BOSS AT GCHQ

David Omand, a 48-year-old leading official at Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD), is strongly tipped to become the new head

UNITED STATES 12/10/1995

SCRAMBLER FOR SENSITIVE MESSAGES

Most users working in companies or government services who need to protect their messages don't do so because encryption software

FRANCE 12/10/1995

A COMPUTER SPY UNMASKED

For years Jean-Bernard Condat has undoubtedly been France's best-known computer hacker. Appearing on television talk shows, launching provocative operations and

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CRYPTOGRAPHY BATTLE

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NSA'S PAINFUL INTERNAL AUDIT

SPECULATION ON NSA HEARINGS

BARR WINS FIRST ROUND AGAINST ECHELON

CIVILIANS BUCKING CHANGE AT NSA

WORK ON INFORMATION SECURITY "LARGELY FRUITLESS

NSA AND NIST SHOW THEIR STUFF

HIGH TECH INTELLIGENCE SHOW

THE PITFALLS OF MASS-PRODUCED ENCRYPTION

FRESH TWIST IN CHINA EMBASSY BOMBING

NSA'S SUPER COMPUTER

IBM AND MICROSOFT, THEIR SECRET ALLIANCES

FRESH APPROACH TO ENCRYPTION

NSA WANTS TO WORK WITH BANKS

COMPANIES LINKED TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE

TAPPING INTO THE WEB

WORLD-WIDE INTERNET SECURITY SCHEME

NEW HOME FOR GCHQ

ENCRYPTION EXPORTS TO BE LIBERALIZED?

SECRET HELP FOR KOSOVARS

GSM CELLULAR PHONES INCREASINGLY UNRELIABLE

CONGRESS MOVE TO CURB ECHELON

MONET, A NEW HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEM

UNIVERSITIES WIN TOP MARKS FROM NSA

QUEBEC DATAMINING FOR NSA

THOMAS WILSON

FORMER NSA DIRECTOR TO PROMOTE EXPORTS

PENTAGON FAULTED FOR INADEQUATE C4I

NSA VOICES FEARS IN CRYPTOGRAPHY

NEW BOSS AT NSA

HOW THE NSA "WEAKENS" ALGORITHMS

WHO WILL FILL NSA SLOT?

THE DRIVE FOR AGILE INTELLIGENCE

NSA'S POST-COLD WAR PROFILE

TOUGH TEST FOR U.S. CODE-BREAKERS

NSA'S HAND IN SHAPING RESEARCH

DE-CLASSIFYING THE OBVIOUS AND THE LESS SO

NSA-FBI COMPUTER SECURITY PUSH

DEFSMAC A QUIET HERO IN ANTI-PROLIFERATION FIGHT

ANNUAL RSA CONFERENCE

WIDER BUGGING POWERS FOR AUTHORITIES?

LOOKING FOR LOST CODES

INTERNAL ESPIONAGE?

THE CASE AGAINST AN AMERICAN SPY

NSA'S HIGHER COMPUTER-SECURITY PROFILE

THE HIDDEN COST OF ASKING NSA'S HELP

HOW THE INFOWAR GROUPS OPERATE

SOFT LANDING FOR EX-SPIES

ENCRYPTION WITH A "PRIVATE DOORBELL"

SCSSI TO BE BEEFED UP?

THE THREATS AND TRANSPARENCY GAME

NEW PUSH FOR NETWORK SECURITY

HAND-IN-GLOVE WITH NSA

NSA PUSHES ISRAELI COMPUTER PRODUCT

AGENCIES SLAMMED FOR LOSING THEIR EDGE

A GLIMPSE AT AMERICAN SIGINT

MERGER MANIA IN ENCRYPTION TRADE

INTRANET SECURITY DEEMED UNSAFE

HOW NIST AND NSA POOL THEIR EFFORTS

RICHARD WILHEM

NSA TAKES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

THOMAS MCDERMOTT

CROWELL LANDS AT CYLINK CORP

AUTHORITIES FIND LOTUS "FLAW"

HOW TO MODERNIZE INTELLIGENCE?

SWEEPING OVERHAUL FOR NSA

PLUGGING HOLES IN INFORMATION SECURITY

WILLIAM CROWELL -- A CLARIFICATION

WILLIAM CROWELL

ARMY UNDER NETSCAPE COLORS

CISCO WINS NSA CONTRACT

LIFTING CLAMPS A KEY TO U.S. POWER

AMERICAN SIGINT BASE TO CLOSE DOWN

NEW WAYS TO HIT "HARD TARGETS"