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This is a list of telecommunications encryption terms. This list is derived in part from the Glossary of Telecommunication Terms published as Federal Standard 1037C.

  • A5/1a stream cipher used to provide over-the-air communication privacy in the GSM cellular telephone standard.
  • Bulk encryption
  • Cellular Message Encryption Algorithma block cipher which was used for securing mobile phones in the United States.
  • Cipher
  • Cipher device
  • Cipher system
  • Cipher text
  • Ciphony
  • Civision
  • Codress message

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  • COMSEC equipment

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  • Cryptanalysis
  • Cryptographic key
  • CRYPTO (International Cryptology Conference)
  • Crypto phone
  • Crypto-shredding
  • Data Encryption Standard (DES)
  • Decipher
  • Decode
  • Decrypt
  • DECT Standard Cipher
  • Descrambler
  • Dncipher
  • Encode
  • Encoding law
  • Encrypt
  • End-to-end encryption

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  • group
  • IMSI-catcheran eavesdropping device used for interception of cellular phones and usually is undetectable for users of mobile phones.
  • Key distribution center (KDC)
  • Key management
  • Key stream
  • KSD-64
  • Link encryption
  • MISTY1
  • Multiplex link encryption
  • Net control station (NCS)
  • Null cipher
  • One-time pad
  • Over the Air Rekeying (OTAR)
  • Plaintext
  • PPPoX
  • Protected distribution system (PDS)
  • Protection interval (PI)
  • Pseudorandom number generator
  • Public-key cryptography
  • RED/BLACK concept
  • RED signal

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  • Remote rekeying
  • Security management
  • Spoofing
  • Squirtto load or transfer code key from an electronic key storage device. See Over the Air Rekeying.
  • STU-IIIa family of secure telephones introduced in 1987 by the National Security Agency for use by the United States government, its contractors, and its allies.
  • Superencryption
  • Synchronous crypto-operation
  • Transmission security key (TSK)
  • Trunk encryption device (TED)
  • Types 1, 2, 3, and 4 encryption
  • Unique key

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  • VoIP VPNcombines voice over IP and virtual private network technologies to offer a method for delivering secure voice.
  • ZRTPa cryptographic key-agreement protocol used in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone telephony.

See also

  • Communications security
  • CONDOR secure cell phone
  • Cryptography standards
  • Secure communication
  • Secure telephone
  • Telecommunications

References

Further reading

  • Rutenbeck, Jeff (2006). Tech terms: what every telecommunications and digital media person should know. Elsevier, Inc.
  • Kissel, Richard (editor). (February, 2011). Glossary of Key Information Security Terms (NIST IR 7298 Revision 1). National Institute of Standards and Technology.
  • "Federal Standard 1037C."Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms
  • Embedding Security into Handsets Would Boost Data Usage - Report (2005) from Cellular-news.com
  • Wireless, Telecom and Computer Glossary from Cellular Network Perspectives