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   Other Sites - Security Standards, Laws, and Guidelines

A Novice's Guide to the IETF
Good guide to how the IETF works (useful for understanding the IETF standards process).
ACSI 33
Security guidelines for Australian government IT systems (typical unclassified-level security guidelines).
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Development Effort
NIST's AES home page.
AICPA Exposure Draft of the WebTrust Principles and Criteria
Webtrust (US and Canadian CPA) CA certification guidelines, brought to you in a Micros~1-friendly format.
An Analysis of PGP's Trust Model
ATM Security Page
Asynchronous Transfer Mode security standards, products, publications, and work in progress.
Außenhandelsgesetz - Dual Use Güter
Austrian (EU-derived) export restrictions.
Australian Controls on the export of Defence and Strategic Goods
Australia's Legal Framework for Electronic Commerce
Australian government work on establishing a legal framework for e-commerce.
Banking technology resource home page
Links to info on ATM's, crypto, standards, publications.
Biometric Application Programming Interface (BAPI)
Biometric API documentation and information.
Canadian Cryptography
Canadian government position and information on cryptography.
CAVE encryption algorithm
The (deliberately crippled) US cellular phone "encryption" algorithm.
CDSA - Common Data Security Architecture
CDSA specs from the OpenGroup.
Cloud Cover
GCHQ's GAK PKI.
Commerce At Light Speed-EDI
Various links to EDI/EDIFACT information.
Commercial Encryption Export Controls
ITAR (under new management).
Common Criteria Project -- HomePage
ISO 9000 for computer security.
Common Data Security Architecture
CDSA specs from Intel (unlike the OpenGroup, you don't have to be a member to get this version).
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
FBI universal surveillance act, since used as a blueprint in other countries (eg Enfopol in Europe).
Computer seizure guidelines
US federal guidelines for searching and siezing computers.
Computer Security Objects Register
NIST security-related object identifier registry.
Cryptographic Standards Library
FIPS 140-1, 46-2, 74, 81, 171, 180, DOD 5200.28-STD (TCSEC), 5220.22-M, NCSC-TG-25.
Cryptographic Standards Validation Programs at NIST
Validation information and suites for DES, Skipjack, DSA, and crypto modules.
CSP Designators
Crypto designators for WWII-era and early postwar comsec gear.
DAP Malaysia National Homepage
Malaysian computer crimes, digital signature, and telemedecine bills.
DCE Security
DCE security specs and literature, DCE security program group and research efforts.
Derived Test Requirements for FIPS 140-1
Requirements for FIPS 140-1 compliance testing.
Digital Signature Guidelines
ABA Digital Signature Guidelines
Draft UNCITRAL
Draft UN law on electronic commerce.
Digital Signature Standard Validation System (DSSVS) User's Guide
Validation suite for DSA and SHA.
DTI - Strategic Export Controls
DTI report on tightening export controls further to provide the illision of stopping all crypto getting out.
Electronic commerce: Commission proposes electronic signatures Directive
EU digital signature directive.
Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
Latest version of the ITAR (which became the DTR, and now the EAR).
ECMA Standards (Blue cover)
EDI Security
An overview of EDI security.
EDIFACT Security Implementation Guidelines
EDIFACT security... dear oh dear.
EESSI Work Items
ETSI/CEN digital signature and PKI work in progress.
Electronic Commerce: A Guide for the Business and Legal Community
NZ Law Commision report on e-commerce.
Electronic Commerce, EDI, EDIFACT and Security
Internet electronic commerce security (PEM, PGP, SHTTP, S/MIME, SET, SSL, etc), EDI security (X.12, EWOS), EDIFACT security, other EDI and EDIFACT standards.
EMV sets standards for global integration of Chip cards
Standards for smart cards. smart card terminals, and applications.
ETSI Publications
All ETSI standards documents available online for free.
ETSI TC SEC Homepage
ETSI technical committee on security home page.
Excerpts from the Export Control List of Canada
The sections which apply to crypto software/hardware.
Extended Log File Format
WWW common logfile format.
Extensions to PGP Key Format
Extensions to the PGP key format for PGP 5.
FIPS Home Page
Federal Information Processing Standards (including many crypto standards).
German Digital Signature Law
Draft of the law with related press releases and information.
GiTS Security
Crypto security API overview.
GSM Security and Encryption
Overview of GSM security and encryption.
HA-API
Human Authentication API (biometrics AP).
IEEE P1363
RSA, Diffie-Hellman, elliptic curve, and related public-key cryptography (P1363)
IETF RFC Index
RFC's indexed in various ways.
Information Technology Security Branch
RCMP IT security bulletins and information.
International Wassenaar Crypto Campaign
EFA-coordinated Wassenaar crypto campaign.
Internet drafts
RFC drafts.
Internet Mail Standards
Including S/MIME, PGP/MIME, MSP security in MIME, simple authentication and security layer (SASL), and mail ubiquitous security extensions (MUSE).
IESS Specs
Intelsat specs - roll your own Echelon.
IP Security Protocol (ipsec) Charter
IPSEC drafts and RFC's.
IP Security Working Group News
IPSEC specifications, drafts, related drafts, mailing list archives, and implementations.
ISAKMP and Oakley Information
Internet security association and key management protocol information.
ISO SC27 Standing Document 7
Abstracts