Encryption and key management for the ECS satellite service

  • Authors:
  • S C Serpell;C B Brookson

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Proc. of the EUROCRYPT 84 workshop on Advances in cryptology: theory and application of cryptographic techniques
  • Year:
  • 1985

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Abstract

This contribution describes the encryption and key management techniques realised with prototype hardware by British Telecom Research for use on the SatStream service offered on the European Communication Satellite. The security objectives, channel unit functions and operation, encryption methods and key management systems are described.