Blacker (security)
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Blacker (styled BLACKER) is a U.S. Department of Defense computer network security project designed to achieve A1 class ratings (very high assurance) of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC).[1][2] The first Blacker program began in the late 1970s, with a follow-on eventually producing fielded devices in the late 1980s.[3] It was the first secure system with trusted end-to-end encryption on the United States' Defense Data Network.[4]
The project was implemented by SDC (software) and Burroughs (hardware), and after their merger, by the resultant company Unisys.[5]
See also
- RED/BLACK concept for segregation of sensitive plaintext information (RED signals) from encrypted ciphertext (BLACK signals)
References
- ↑ Weissman, Clark (1992). "BLACKER: security for the DDN examples of A1 security engineering trades". Proceedings 1992 IEEE Computer Society Symposium on Research in Security and Privacy. pp. 286–292. doi:10.1109/RISP.1992.213253. ISBN 0-8186-2825-1.
- ↑ Weissman, Clark (1995-01-24). "Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems". http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA390673. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ↑ Sidney G. Reed, Richard H. Van Atta, and Seymore J. Deitchman (1990). DARPA Technical Accomplishments: An Historical Review of DARPA Projects. 1. IDA Paper P-2192. pp. 20-18 – 20-20. https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a239925.pdf.
- ↑ Pike, John (2000-02-11). "BLACKER, an article at the Intelligence Resource Program". http://www.fas.org/irp/program/security/blacker.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ↑ Steve Kent (1996-06-19). "Re: Network Layer Encryption History and Prior Art". ipsec mailing list. http://www.sandelman.ca/ipsec/1996/06/msg00050.html.
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