is an encryption algorithm contained in the Clipper chip, designed by the NSA It uses an 80-bit key to encrypt 64-bit blocks of data Because Skipjack uses 80-bit keys, it is considered to be more secure than DES
A symmetric key cryptography algorithm with an 80-bit key This de-classified algorithm is used in the NSA's Clipper Chip See Applied Cryptography section 13 12
An encryption algorithm developed by the National Security Agency Skipjack was specifically created for the Clipper and Capstone chips It is a 64-bit block cipher with an 80-bit key
A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc
medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
Algorithm used in the CLIPPER and CAPSTONE chips announced around 1992 It is a classified algorithm that uses a 120 bit long key, though the key is broken up into various parts The introduction touched off a large controversy due to its classified nature The algorithm has a known "back door" whereby special keys are "escrowed" or kept by two government agencies to decrypt any message (presumably after obtaining a warrant)