Blacker (styled BLACKER) is a U.S. Department of Defense computer network security project designed to achieve A1 class ratings (very high assurance) of the Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC).12
The first Blacker program began in the late 1970s, with a follow-on eventually producing fielded devices in the late 1980s.3 It was the first secure system with trusted end-to-end encryption on the United States' Defense Data Network.4
The project was implemented by SDC (software), and Burroughs (hardware), and after their merger, by the resultant company Unisys.5
See also
See also
- RED/BLACK concept for segregation of sensitive plaintext information (RED signals) from encrypted ciphertext (BLACK signals)
References
References
- Weissman, Clark (1992). "BLACKER: security for the DDN examples of A1 security engineering trades". Proceedings 1992 IEEE Computer Society Symposium on Research in Security and Privacy. pp. 286–292. doi:10.1109/RISP.1992.213253. ISBN 0-8186-2825-1. S2CID 6825365.
- Weissman, Clark (1995-01-24). "Handbook for the Computer Security Certification of Trusted Systems". Retrieved 2007-12-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Sidney G. Reed, Richard H. Van Atta, and Seymore J. Deitchman (1990). "DARPA Technical Accomplishments: An Historical Review of DARPA Projects" (PDF). 1. IDA Paper P-2192: 20-18 – 20-20. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 18, 2019.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Pike, John (2000-02-11). "BLACKER, an article at the Intelligence Resource Program". Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- Steve Kent (1996-06-19). "Re: Network Layer Encryption History and Prior Art". ipsec mailing list.