Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdysonat_private> Forwarded From: Who wants to know? <curiosityat_private> Posted To: DefCon List <dc-stuffat_private> When I saw this thread I immediately remembered reading about a relatively new product but the people who make it hadn't made the requisite sacrifices to the search engine gods yet, so I couldn't pull them up until I dug up the rag I'd read it in... Check out: http://www.gtgi.com/products/oem/cryptcard.html The CryptCard is a Type II PCMCIA Encryption Card. It can be installed in any PC-notebook with a free PCMCIA slot. Its major features include: Full Access Control. Transparent High Speed Encryption. Resource Management. User Audit Trail. NIST Validated to conform to the Data Encryption Standard of FIPS Publication 46-1. CryptCard also conforms to FIPS Publication 81, DES Modes of Operation. Overview An effective security system must function independently of the processor in the notebook PC to prevent performance degradation. This independence demands that the security system have its own processor which is physically and logically separated from the main processor. The processor in the notebook PC will still be used for normal applications while the security processor will be used to control user access, encrypt data, manage encryption keys, and log events. The processor in the CryptCard has its own peripherals for data and program storage, encryption and decryption, and for tracking time (Real Time Clock). The CryptCard is virtually a total computer system on its own and operates completely independent of the notebook PC. - ---- They hawk it as a solution just for notebook computers, but frankly, I can't think of a technical reason why adding a +/- $99 PCMCIA card reader into a desktop PC and using this card wouldn't work. C? curiosityat_private / "You always find what you're looking for in the last place that you look." -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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