Anyone know anything about the new AT&T encrypted voice service?

[David G. Koontz]

On 7/10/10 11:19 AM, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> AT&T debuts a new encrypted voice service. Anyone know anything about
> it?
> 
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20018761-17.html
> 
> (Hat tip to Jacob Applebaum's twitter feed.)
> 
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http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=18624&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=31260&mapcode=enterprise
AT&T to Offer First Carrier-Provided, Two Factor Encryption Service for
Smartphones

AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice Service uses Powerful Combination of Hardware
and Software to Enable Voice Calls with High-Level Security
Dallas, Texas, October 06, 2010

AT&T to Offer First Carrier-Provided, Two Factor Encryption Service for
Smartphones

AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice Service uses Powerful Combination of Hardware
and Software to Enable Voice Calls with High-Level Security
Dallas, Texas, October 06, 2010
newsrelease


AT&T* today launched AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice, the first carrier-provided
two factor encryption service, which provides high-level security features
for calls on the AT&T wireless network. The service is targeted at
government agencies, law enforcement organizations, financial services
institutions and international businesses.
 ...
AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice combines KoolSpan’s TrustChip® and SRA
International’s One Vault Voice™ into the first carrier-provided two-factor
encryption solution. TrustChip is a fully hardened, self-contained crypto
engine inserted into the smartphone’s microSD slot. Embedded with AT&T
TrustGroup, the KoolSpan TrustChip offers the strength of additional
hardware authentication, enables encrypted calling interoperability with a
defined group of other AT&T TrustGroup users and can be managed over-the-air.
 ...
AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice supports BlackBerry® smartphones and Windows®
Phones on the AT&T wireless network. Unlike other encrypted voice systems,
AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice is not limited by availability of legacy Circuit
Switched Data coverage and can operate in the over 190 countries globally
where AT&T provides data roaming.

AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice meets the government information classification
standards for Controlled Unclassified Information, offering The National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS – 140-2 validation.
 ...
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It would appear to be susceptible to the FBI's proposed law on making plain
text available.

It's OEM'd:

http://www.koolspan.com/products/trustchip.html

http://www.koolspan.com/images/stories/docs/KoolSpan_TrustChip_Secured_Solutions_Secure_Voice.pdf

http://www.koolspan.com/images/stories/docs/KoolSpan_TrustChip.pdf

http://www.koolspan.com/images/stories/docs/KoolSpan_TrustCenter.pdf

Linux is supported in the TrustChip Developer Kit
http://www.koolspan.com/products/developer-kit.html

AES-256


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