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Started by mae
Wed, 06 May 1987 18:24
what's a kl-43
Author: mae
Date: Wed, 06 May 1987 18:24
Date: Wed, 06 May 1987 18:24
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In the Iran/Contra hearings yesterday, Mr. Secord mentioned a KL-43 encryption device supplied to Oliver North by the NSA. Anybody know what it is? mike mike - Sun uSystems, MStop 5-40
Re: what's a kl-43
Author: Paul W. Nelson
Date: Thu, 14 May 1987 20:07
Date: Thu, 14 May 1987 20:07
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in article <18194@sun.uucp>, mae%vygr@Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Sub-Division}) says:
>
> In the Iran/Contra hearings yesterday, Mr. Secord mentioned a KL-43 encryption device
> supplied to Oliver North by the NSA. Anybody know what it is?
>
A LK-43 is an "off-line alphanumeric encrypt/decrypt device with
challenge/reply authentication" according to the NSA's cryptographic products
list. It is made by TRW.
Paul Nelson
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