[Cryptography] NSA kids characters: Crypto Cat, Decipher Dog, Rosetta Stone, et al

Henry Baker hbaker1 at pipeline.com
Wed Jan 13 13:27:14 EST 2016


FYI -- I guess that since these characters are all *trademarked* by Nessa, that the NSA wouldn't be amused if they started showing up as characters on slides at BlackHat, etc.

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader which character is the eavesdropper, the MITM, etc.

Crypto Cat(R):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00001.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_CC_html.gif

Decipher Dog (R):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00002.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_DD_html.gif

Rosetta Stone (R):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00003.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Rosie_html.gif

T. Top (R):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00004.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Ttop_html.gif

Joules (tm) & her dog Socket:

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00005.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Joules_html.gif

Slate (R):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00006.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Slate_html.gif

Sargeant Sam (R):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00007.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Sam_html.gif

(Curiously, Sargeant Sam also shows up with #00008 )

Cyber Twins (tm) Cy (boy):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00009.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Cy_html.gif

Cyber Twins (tm) Cyndi (girl):

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/bios/bios00010.shtml

https://www.nsa.gov/kids/_images/bios/BioShot_Cyndi_html.gif



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