encryption engine
A device planned by Hewlett-Packard and Gemplus SCA that would support basic encryption capabilities in a computer when combined with a separately installable policy card (which see) that controls the strength of the encryption algorithm. The combination permits the volume production and export from the US, without State Department approval, of computers potentially able to support many levels of encryption while still allowing State Department control of encryption strength (by approval or denial of the policy card) on an individual customer basis. (See encryption, RC2 and RC4 in the hard copy dictionary.)
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