Newsgroup: sci.crypt

In article <22277@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
[...]
>If you have any (commercial or freeware) crypto software that is
>available overseas, or even flyers or advertisements for such software,
>please post the above-requested information about it to sci.crypt.

>	  name of product
Crypt-it
>	  company selling it
Fast Electronic GmbH
>	  company location
Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz 5, D-8000 Muenchen 2, Germany
>	  where sold (if known)
Globaly, through a wide distributor network
>	  type of product
Disk partition encryption using a software driver and a hardware `key'.
>	  nature of security feature
All data traffic for a given partition is encoded before written and
decode after reading it.  A special hardware key is used in the process.
Removal of the key from the computer makes the decryption `impossible'.
>	  algorithms and key sizes, if known
I think that the software part is using a modified Falstaf, the hardware
algorithm is proprietary and undisclosed.  The software key is probably
generated by the hardware whose key in turn is uniquely programed in non-
volatile memory.

Diomidis
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