Satellite Encryption
by John R. Vacca
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Author: John R. VaccaEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-08-16
ISBN: 0127100113
Number of pages: 980
Publisher: Academic Press
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Book Review: This is an A++ book about satellite encryption
Summary: 5 Stars
Highly recommended!Mr. Vacca's book, Satellite Encryption, is a must read for anyone. *Every* aspect of our life is affected by the new information age and how satellites are (un)able to provide reliable communications though encrypted pathways. Satellite technology now affects Internet, banking, personal communications (e.g. phone, pager) as well as our governmental infrastructures.
Detailed and highly accurate information is well described in this book and will surely be the core material for Tom Clancy's future techno novels. Mr. Vacca provides an expose of the susceptibilities of our satellite systems like no one else has.
I have read a few of Mr. Vacca's other publications, and like the others, this book is a jewel because very practical implementation information is provided. In particular, Part three, "Implementing Satellite Encryption", is fascinating reading to understand how end to end data flows in various satellite systems.
This books is very easy to read and the examples in the sidebars are excellent. The last chapters provide sobering insight into the future and what steps should be done to assure a viable future for this technology. The warfare implications are challenging and scary. Great reading.
Summary of Satellite Encryption
More than 2000 satellites will be in orbit by the year 2003. The implications of the coming boom in satellites are revolutionary for those who did not have access to secure data in remote locations around the world. This book will discuss how the new satellites (SubLEOs, LEOs, MEOs and GEOs) will carry encrypted high-speed voice calls from hand-held phones; and, depending on the system, low and high-speed digital data. In addition to satellite encryption use by commercial organizations and governments, this book is a step above any other satellite communication books through its presentation of a secure encrypted wireless environment encompassing direct satellite communications and land-based communications links.This book will leave little doubt that a new world infrastructure in the area of satellite communications and encryption is about to be constructed. The text will benefit organizations and governments, as well as their advanced citizens. For the disadvantaged regions of the world, however, the coming satellite communications revolution could be one of those rare technological events that enable traditional societies to leap ahead and long-dormant economies to flourish in security.
The first part of this book identifies the role of satellite encryption technology trends with regards to the pace that national cryptography policy must keep up with, the political environment; and the significant changes in the post-Cold War environment that call attention to the need for and the impact a cryptography policy would have domestically and internationally. The second part of the book describes the instruments and goals of the current U.S. satellite encryption policy and some of the issues raised by current policy. The third part of the book covers development, implementation and management of advanced satellite encryption options and strategies that will forever change how organizations do business now and in the foreseeable future. The fourth part of the book discusses the misuse of satellite encryption technology by the government, the international community, international and domestic terrorist organizations, and domestic and international criminal organizations. The fifth part the book evaluates enlarging the space of possible satellite encryption policy options, and offers findings and recommendations. It also evaluates the results of implementing advanced satellite encryption technology strategies presented in previous chapters. In addition, it also covers satellite encryption security threats and solutions on how to prevent them in the future.
Key Features
* Shows governments and organizations around the world how satellite encryption helps to preserve vital national secrets, limit attacks on a nation's information infrastructure, and eliminate security and authentication obstacles to electronic commerce
* Discusses how, in the wrong hands, satellite encryption can be used to plan or cover up domestic and international crimes or overseas military operations
* Provides a thorough discussion of how the F.B.I. and National Security Agency seek to preserve their ability to intercept and decode domestic and international communications, and thus would like to inhibit the use of PKE (Public Key Exchange) in satellite communications to generate unbreakable codes
* Continues the discussion of how stopping PKE altogether may be technically impossible, and raises constitutional issues
* Practical tips on how satellite encryption will make PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) based computers, modems, web browsers and set-top-boxes safer for intellectual property distribution and electronic commerce through the hardware implementation of PCI compatible real-time data encryption/decryption chip solutions
Satellite communication is the fastest way to get digital information from one geographic location to another, and encryption algorithms can help keep prying eyes from deriving any value from intercepted transmissions. Satellite Encryption explains the need for secure satellite communications, including ways of implementing them, and discusses their implications (in business, government, and warfare). Author John Vacca, an excellent writer whose prose is both packed with technical detail and fun to read, focuses on United States satellite encryption policies.
This is far more than a networking or government-policy text, though its contents have bearing upon wide area network (WAN) designers and legislators alike. Vacca explains the physics involved in getting a satellite into the most desirable orbit, the computing techniques used for cracking keys, and various key-escrow strategies (including Clipper).
In addition, there's a lot of background information on national security topics other than satellite encryption, including missile-defense satellites and the purchase of dangerous military surplus by terrorist groups. There's a somewhat breathless warning of year 2000 mayhem, but Vacca's approach is generally very deliberate and informative. --David Wall
Topics covered: The importance of secure satellite communications, government encryption policies, implementation of satellite encryption, information-theft techniques, use and abuse of key-escrow schemes, and the role of satellite encryption in the future of business and government.
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