Blacker (styled BLACKER) is a U.S. Department of Defense computer network security project designed to achieve A1 class ratings of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC).[1][2] The project was implemented by SDC and Burroughs. It was the first secure system with trusted End-to-end encryption on the United States' Defense Data Network.[3]
See also[]
- RED/BLACK concept for segregation of sensitive plaintext information (RED signals) from encrypted ciphertext (BLACK signals)
References[]
- ↑ Weissman, Clark. "BLACKER: security for the DDN examples of A1 security engineering trades". http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=213253. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ↑ 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.[dead link]
- ↑ 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.
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