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NSA Suite A Cryptography is NSA cryptography which "contains classified algorithms that will not be released." "Suite A will be used for the protection of some categories of especially sensitive information (a small percentage of the overall national security-related information assurance market)."
Incomplete list of Suite A algorithms:[1]
- ACCORDION
- BATON
- CDL 1
- CDL 2
- FFC
- FIREFLY
- JOSEKI
- KEESEE
- MAYFLY
- MEDLEY
- MERCATOR
- SAVILLE
- SHILLELAGH
- WALBURN
- WEASEL
A recently-discovered Internet-available procurement specifications document for the military's new key load device, the NGLD-M, reveals additional, more current, Suite A algorithm names and their uses (page 48, section 3.2.7.1 Algorithms):[2]
- ACCORDION 1.3 & 3.0 - TrKEK Encrypt/Decrypt and Internal Key Wrap, respectively.
- SPONDULIX-S - KMI Key Agreement
- WATARI - Secure Software Confidentiality
- KM-TG Series - Security Software Signature
- SILVER LINING - Security Software Signature
See also
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edit- ^ "POET ACM: Programmable Objective Encryption Technologies Advanced Cryptographic Module". General Dynamics Mission Systems. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Next Generation Load Device – Medium (NGLD-M) - System Requirements Document" (PDF). Federal Government Procurement Public Amazon S3 Bucket.
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