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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
data encryption standard (DES)
Definition:
an algorithm to be implemented in electronic hardware
devices and used for the cryptographic protection of
digital, binary-coded information. For the relevant
publications see 'Data Encryption Standard,' Federal
Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 46, 1977
January 15, also published as American National Standard
Data Encryption Algorithm, American National Standards
Institute, Inc., December 30, 1980, and supplemented with
'DES Modes of Operation,' Federal Information Processing
Standard (FIPS) Publication 81, 1980 December 2;
'Telecommunications: Interoperability and security
requirements for use of the data encryption standard in the
physical layer of data communications,' Federal Standard of
the General Services Administration, August 3, 1983,
FED-STD-1026; 'Telecommunications: General security
requirements for equipment using the data encryption
standard,' Federal Standard of the General Services
Administration, April 14, 1982, FED-STD-1027; and
'Telecommunications: Interoperability and security
requirements for use of the data encryption standard with
CCITT Group 3 Facsimile equipment,' Federal Standard of the
General Services Administration, April 4, 1985,
FED-STD-1028.
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