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  National Security Agency - Gurupedia
NSA recommended changes to the IBM's submission during the process which produced the DES encryption algorithm in 1976.
Possibly because of previous controversy, the involvement of NSA in the selection of a successor to DES, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) AES, was limited to hardware performance testing.
NSA's immediate predecessor, the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), was established within the Department of Defense, under the command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on May 20, 1949.
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  National Security Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The scale of the operations at the NSA is hard to determine from unclassified data, but one clue is the electricity usage of NSA's headquarters.
The NSA was embroiled in controversy concerning its involvement in the creation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a standard and public block cipher used by the US government.
NSA was a major player in the debates of the mid to late 1990s regarding US munitions export regulations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NSA   (1633 words)

  
 National Security Agency - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its secure government communications brief has involved NSA in production of communications hardware and software, in theproduction of semiconductors (there is a chip fabrication plant at Ft.Meade), in cryptography research, and contracting with private industry foritems, equipment, and research it is not itself prepared to develop or supply.
The NSA was embroiled in controversy concerning its involvement in the creation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a standard and publicblock cipher used by the US government.
NSA was a major player in the debates of the mid to late 1990s regarding US munitionsexport regulations.
www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=NSA   (1178 words)

  
 National Security Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a United States government agency responsible for both the collection and analysis of message communications, and for the security of government communications against similar agencies elsewhere.
NSA's budget for electricity exceeds $21 million per year, making it the second largest electricity consumer in the entire state of Maryland.
NSA, in combination with the equivalent agencies in the United Kingdom (Government Communications Headquarters), Canada (Communications Security Establishment), Australia (Defence Signals Directorate), and New Zealand (Government Communications Security Bureau), and otherwise known as the UKUSA group, is believed to be responsible for, among other things, the operation of the ECHELON system.
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 NSA [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA was created in June June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days.
NSA has been involved in debates about public policy, both as a behind-the-scenes advisor to other departments, and directly during and after Vice Admiral Bobby Ray InmanBobby Ray Inman (born 1931) was a U.S. admiral who held several influential positions in the US Intelligence community.
The NSA was embroiled in controversy concerning its involvement in the creation of the Data Encryption StandardThe Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a cipher (a method for encrypting information) selected as an official Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) for the United States in 1976, and which has subsequently enjoyed widespread use internationally.
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 Toronto Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The NSA is a key component of the U.S. Intelligence Community, which is headed by the Director of National Intelligence.
The NSA was embroiled in controversy concerning its involvement in the creation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a standard and public block cipher used by the US government.
NSA was a major player in the debates of the 1990s regarding the export of cryptography.
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 Data Encryption Standard - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The other criticism — that the key length was too short — was supported by the fact that the reason given by theNSA for reducing the key length from 64 bits to 56 was that the other 8 bits could serve asparity bits, which seemed somewhat specious.
It is widely believed that NSA's decisionwas motivated by the possibility that they would be able to bruteforce a 56 bit key several years before the rest of the world would.
It is known that the NSA encouraged, if notpersuaded, IBM in reducing the key size from 128 to 64 bits, and from there to 56 bits; this is often taken as an indication thatthe NSA possessed enough computer power to break keys of this length even in the mid-1970s.
www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=DES   (3404 words)

  
 afsa information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA recommended changes to the IBM 's submission during the process which produced the DES encryption algorithm in 1976.
NSA, in combination with the equivalent agencies in the UnitedKingdom (Government Communications Headquarters), Canada (Communications Security Establishment), Australia (DefenceSignals Directorate), and New Zealand (Government Communications Security Bureau), and otherwise known as the UKUSA group, is believed to be responsible for,among other things, the operation of the Echelon system.
NSA's immediate predecessor, the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), was established withinthe Department of Defense, under the command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on May 20, 1949.
www.vsearchmedia.com /afsa.html   (1084 words)

  
 NSA : Encyclopedia Entry
The scale of the operations at the NSA is hard to determine from unclassified data, but one clue is the electricity usage of NSA's headquarters.
NSA has been involved in debates about public policy, both as a behind-the-scenes adviser to other departments, and directly during and after Vice Admiral Bobby Ray Inman's directorship.
The NSA's domestic surveillance activities are limited by the requirements imposed by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; however, these protections do not apply to non-U.S. persons located outside of U.S. borders, so the NSA's foreign surveillance efforts are subject to far fewer limitations under U.S. law.
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 wiki/NSA Definition / wiki/NSA Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA was created in June 1952 by Executive Order of President of the United StatesThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States.
NSA was a major player in the debates of the mid to late 1990s regarding US munitions export regulationsSince World War II, Western governments, including the U.S. and its NATO allies have regulated the export of cryptography for national security considerations.
SamfordJohn Alexander Samford (1905-December 1, 1968) was a former director of the NSA.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/NSA   (7132 words)

  
 National Security Agency - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many people oppose NSA's operations, arguing that NSA infringes on Americans' right to privacy by spying on the United States' own citizens; this has occurred, in violation of NSA's charter prohibiting just such acts.
It has been suggested that, in practice, Echelon implements an end run around legal restrictions on internal surveillance: partner agencies spy on the citizens of other partner's countries, thereby avoiding illegal spying on their own citizens.
After an extensive study authorized on December 13, 1951, NSA was created in June 1952 by Executive Order of President Truman.
www.iridis.com /NSA   (1098 words)

  
 Schneier on Security: Data Mining Software from IBM
IBM Entity Analytic Solutions (EAS) is unique identity disambiguation software that provides public sector organizations or commercial enterprises with the ability to recognize and mitigate the incidence of fraud, threat and risk.
However, equating the problem space faced by the NSA and the one faced by the banking/credit industry, and thus assuming that the same solutions are applicable on both, is misleading.
First of all, if the NSA were to outright own a major part of the network infrastructure or to provide a major service, such as storing people's e-mails and journals and so on, then the average person would be understandably suspicious.
www.schneier.com /blog/archives/2006/05/data_mining_sof.html   (4257 words)

  
 National Security Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Many people oppose NSA's operations, arguing that NSA infringes on Americans' privacy by spying on the United States' own citizens, and that this has occurred in violation of NSA's charter prohibiting just such acts.
In addition, ECHELON is considered with indignation by citizens of other countries, with widespread suspicion that the United States government uses it for motives other than its national security, including for economic intelligence.
It has been suggested that in practice ECHELON implements an end run around legal restrictions on internal surveillance by having partner agencies spy on the citizens of other partner's countries, thereby avoiding illegal spying on their own citizens.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/NSA   (1355 words)

  
 Bambooweb: DES
The other criticism — that the key length was too short — was supported by the fact that the reason given by the NSA for reducing the key length from 64 bits to 56 was that the other 8 bits could serve as parity bits, which seemed somewhat specious.
It is widely believed that NSA's decision was motivated by the possibility that they would be able to brute force a 56 bit key several years before the rest of the world would.
It is known that the NSA encouraged, if not persuaded, IBM in reducing the key size from 128 to 64 bits, and from there to 56 bits; this is often taken as an indication that the NSA possessed enough computer power to break keys of this length even in the mid-1970s.
www.bambooweb.com /articles/d/e/DES.html   (3433 words)

  
 info: NSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA appoints new Executive Director of Coaching - NSA appoints new Executive Director of Coaching Norcross, GA (Sep EDOC).
NSA Requests PDA - NSA Requests PDA General Dynamics has a deal to design a highly secure PDA phone for the National Security Agency.
NSA Super World Series - NSA Super World Series By: 09/01/2005Email to a friend Voice your opinion Printer-friendly The third-place finish at the NSA Super World Series in East Peoria.
www.info-malta.com /NSA   (1896 words)

  
 NSA (disambiguation) - TheBestLinks.com - British Library, Idaho, Law enforcement, Mathematics, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA (disambiguation) - TheBestLinks.com - British Library, Idaho, Law enforcement, Mathematics,...
NSA (disambiguation), British Library, Idaho, Law enforcement, Mathematics...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 NSA (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation NSA (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation NSA (disambiguation).
Here you will find more informations about NSA (disambiguation).
The orginal NSA (disambiguation) article can be editet
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 NSA - OneLook Dictionary Search
NSA : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
NSA : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Phrases that include NSA: nsa line eater, nsa poly, nsa call database, nsa encryption algorithms, nsa encryption systems, more...
www.onelook.com /?ls=a&w=NSA   (219 words)

  
 ipedia.com: NSA Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NSA can refer to several organizations in the United States : National Security Agency National Scrabble Association This is a disambiguation page listing articles with similar or identical names.
NSA can refer to several organizations in the United States:
This is a disambiguation page listing articles with similar or identical names.
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 NSA - guideofpills.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 national security agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The National Security Agency (NSA) has confirmed that it "suffered a serious computer National Security Agency - a Whatis.com definition - see also: NSAnewly declassified: "The Origins of the National Security Agency, 1940-1952" Click here for the document (Acrobat format
(Redirected from NSA) This article is about the US government agency.
The National Security Agency / Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is a United States government agency responsible for both the collection and The National Security Agency Declassified: History, Organization and OperationsDeclassified documents on the history,organization and operations of America's most secretive spy agency and thecontroversial ECHELON intelligence sharing program.
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