Obama's secure PDA

Thor Lancelot Simon tls at rek.tjls.com
Mon Jan 26 15:30:49 EST 2009


On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 02:49:31AM -0500, Ivan Krsti? wrote:
>
> Finally, any idea why the Sect?ra is certified up to Top Secret for  
> voice but only up to Secret for e-mail? (That is, what are the differing 
> requirements?)

I know no specific details but strongly suspect the difference in
requirements, and thus certifications, stems from the likelyhood that
the device stores (even very briefly) email and cached web objects, but
does not store voice communications.

Thor

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