NSA Suite A Cryptography is
NSA cryptography
The vast majority of the National Security Agency's work on cryptography, encryption is classified information, classified, but from time to time NSA participates in standardization, standards processes or otherwise publishes information about it ...
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
* CDL 1
* CDL 2
* FFC
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FIREFLY
* JOSEKI
* KEESEE
* MAYFLY
* MEDLEY
* MERCATOR
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SAVILLE
SAVILLE is a classified NSA Type 1 encryption algorithm, developed in the late 1960s, jointly by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in the UK and the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US. It is used broadly, often for voice e ...
* SHILLELAGH
* WALBURN
* WEASEL
See also
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Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite The Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite (CNSA) is a set of cryptographic algorithms promulgated by the National Security Agency as a replacement for NSA Suite B Cryptography algorithms. It serves as the cryptographic base to protect US Nat ...
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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 informati ...
References
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NSA Suite B Cryptography / Cryptographic Interoperability
Cryptography standards
National Security Agency cryptography
Standards of the United States
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