What is Fortezza?

Fortezza, formerly called Tessera, is a PCMCIA card developed by NSA that implements the Capstone algorithms. It is meant for use with the Defense Messaging Service (DMS). A number of vendors have announced support for the Fortezza card; NSA has also built and demonstrated a PKCS #11-based library (see Question 166) that interfaces to the card.

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