THE
REAL WORLD
A. Government Involvement
1. NIST & NSA
- Question 146. What is NIST?
- Question 147. What Role Does NIST Play in Cryptography?
- Question 148. What is the NSA?
- Question 149. What Role Does the NSA Play in Commercial
Cryptography?
2. Clipper and Capstone
- Question 150. What is Capstone?
- Question 151. What is Clipper?
- Question 152. How does the Clipper Chip Work?
- Question 153. Who are the Escrow Agencies?
- Question 154. Why is Clipper Controversial?
- Question 155. What is the Current Status of Clipper?
- Question 156. What is Fortezza?
3. Digital Signature Law
Question 157. What is the Law Concerning Digital Signatures?
B. Standards
1. ANSI Standards
- Question 158. What is ANSI X9.9?
- Question 159. What is ANSI X9.17?
- Question 160. What are ANSI X9.30 and ANSI X9.31?
- Question 161. What are ANSI X9.42 and ANSI X9.44?
2. ITU-T (CCITT) Standards
- Question 162. What are Distinguished Names?
- Question 163. What is X.400?
- Question 164. What is X.435?
- Question 165. What is X.509?
3. PKCS
Question 166. What is PKCS?
4. Other Standards
- Question 167. What is IEEE P1363?
- Question 168. What is ISO/IEC 9798?
- Question 169. What is ISO/IEC 9979?
- Question 170. What are the Orange and Red Books?
- Question 171. What is TEMPEST?
C. Products
- Question 172. What is PGP?
- Question 173. What is RIPEM?