Cryptography – Particular algorithmic function encoding – Nbs/des algorithm
Patent
1996-12-19
1998-04-14
Cain, David C.
Cryptography
Particular algorithmic function encoding
Nbs/des algorithm
380 49, H04K 100
Patent
active
057402485
ABSTRACT:
An international cryptography framework (ICF) allows manufacturers to comply with varying national laws governing the distribution of cryptographic capabilities. The invention is concerned primarily with the application certification aspects of the framework where an application that requests cryptographic services from the ICF service elements is identified through some form of certificate to protect against the misuse of a granted level of cryptography. The levels of cryptography granted are described via security policies and expressed as classes of service. A cryptographic unit, one of the ICF core elements, can be used to build several certification schemes for application objects. The invention provides various methods that determine the strength of binding between an application code image and the issued certificates within the context of the ICF elements. A key element with regard to the exercise of a cryptographic function concerns the special requirements for the trust relation that an authority specifies for the cryptographic unit. Any function exercised by the cryptographic unit must be controllable by the associated class of service which represents the security policy. Touchpointing, both in the application and the firmware elements inside the cryptographic unit, plays a key role in exercising control over the functioning of these modules. Another fundamental requirement of the ICF architecture is that the application is assured of the integrity of the cryptographic unit from which it is receiving services. Thus, the invention also provides methods that allow a determination of whether or not the cryptographic unit has been replaced or tampered with.
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Fieres Helmut
Klemba Keith
Merckling Roger
Cain David C.
Cheyenne Property Trust
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