NSA Suite A Cryptography is
NSA cryptography which "contains classified algorithms that will not be released." "Suite A will be used for the protection of some categories of especially sensitive information (a small percentage of the overall national security-related information assurance market)."
Incomplete list of Suite A algorithms:
* ACCORDION
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BATON
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* CDL 1
* CDL 2
* FFC
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FIREFLY
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* JOSEKI
* KEESEE
* MAYFLY
* MEDLEY
* MERCATOR
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SAVILLE
* SHILLELAGH
* WALBURN
* WEASEL
A recently discovered Internet-available procurement specifications document for the military's new key load device, the NGLD-M, reveals additional, more current, Suite A algorithm names and their uses (page 48, section 3.2.7.1 Algorithms):
* ACCORDION 1.3 & 3.0 - TrKEK Encrypt/Decrypt and Internal Key Wrap, respectively.
* SPONDULIX-S - KMI Key Agreement
* WATARI - Secure Software Confidentiality
* KM-TG Series - Security Software Signature
* SILVER LINING - Security Software Signature
See also
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Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite
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NSA Suite B Cryptography
NSA Suite B Cryptography was a set of cryptographic algorithms promulgated by the National Security Agency as part of its Cryptographic Modernization Program. It was to serve as an interoperable cryptographic base for both unclassified informat ...
References
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NSA Suite B Cryptography / Cryptographic Interoperability
Cryptography standards
Suite A Cryptography
Standards of the United States
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