List of telecommunications encryption terms explained

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 system
• Cipher text
• Ciphony^[1]
• Civision
• Codress message

• COMSEC equipment

• Cryptanalysis
• Cryptographic key
• CRYPTO (International Cryptology Conference)
• Crypto phone
• Crypto-shredding
• Data Encryption Standard (DES) ^[2]
• Decipher
• Decode
• Decrypt
• DECT Standard Cipher
• Descrambler
• Dncipher
• Encode
• Encoding law
• Encrypt
• End-to-end encryption

• 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

• Remote rekeying
• Security management
• Spoofing^[3]
• 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)
• Type 1 encryption
• Type 2 encryption
• Type 3 encryption
• Type 4 encryption
• Unique key

• 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.^[4]

See also

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

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.

External links

• "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

Notes and References

1. Book: Owens, F. J. . Signal Processing of Speech . Houndmills . MacMillan Press . 1993 . 0-333-51922-1 .
2. [Don Coppersmith|Coppersmith, Don]
3. Web site: Schneier. Bruce. Caller ID Spoofing. schneier.com. 16 January 2011. 3 March 2006.
4. Web site: Internet-Draft. ZRTP: Media Path Key Agreement for Unicast Secure RTP. 2010-06-17. Zimmermann. Phil. 2010-06-17.