Glossary of Data Communications TermsCourtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc. |
Term:
data encryption standard (DES)
Definition: an algorithm to be implemented in electronic hardware devices and used for the cryptographic protection of digital, binary-coded information. For the relevant publications see 'Data Encryption Standard,' Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 46, 1977 January 15, also published as American National Standard Data Encryption Algorithm, American National Standards Institute, Inc., December 30, 1980, and supplemented with 'DES Modes of Operation,' Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 81, 1980 December 2; 'Telecommunications: Interoperability and security requirements for use of the data encryption standard in the physical layer of data communications,' Federal Standard of the General Services Administration, August 3, 1983, FED-STD-1026; 'Telecommunications: General security requirements for equipment using the data encryption standard,' Federal Standard of the General Services Administration, April 14, 1982, FED-STD-1027; and 'Telecommunications: Interoperability and security requirements for use of the data encryption standard with CCITT Group 3 Facsimile equipment,' Federal Standard of the General Services Administration, April 4, 1985, FED-STD-1028. |