How do you use a vIPer secure phone?

Users simply plug into the fiber network and use the phone immediately. The vIPer has integrated security for end-to-end encryption and is the only Voice over IP (VoIP) phone certified to protect information classified Top Secret/SCI and below when used with commercial wired networks. “Our vIPer phone is flexible.

Can a Ste call a vIPer?

The National Security Agency has approved the Sectera Viper Universal Secure Phone by General Dynamics for top secret communications. The phone, introduced in 2006, is also the only one certified by NSA for wired Voice over IP use and is interoperable with other STE equipment, according to General Dynamics.

What is SVoIP?

Secure Voice over IP (SVoIP) is when secure phones are used to protect information sent over the VoIP network. Note that the information is only secured once it passes through the encryption device — it is unsecure when being transmitted between each phone and its network encryptor.

What does a Taclane do?

The TACLANE (KG-175) is short for Tactical FASTLANE ® and was developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) to provide network communications security on Internet Protocol (IP) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks for the individual user or for enclaves of users at the same security level.

What is PSTN in GSM?

PSTN stands for Public Switched Telephone Network, or the traditional circuit-switched telephone network. This is the system that has been in general use since the late 1800s. The phones themselves are known by several names, such as PSTN, landlines, Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), or fixed-line telephones.

Are Ste phones VoIP?

Data: The Data STE provides remote access for voice, fax, data and video-conferencing. VoIP: The STE now has Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability, available as an upgrade to the current models, or built into some new models.

Is a Taclane a router?

On the horizon is the TACLANE-Router [5], which combines a HAIPE network encryptor with integrated routing capabilities provided by Cisco 3200 routing technology.

What does KG stand for encryption?

KG means Key Generator which could be used with any digital input device. KW is the prefix for a Teletype encryption device. KY stands for a voice encryption device.

Do cell phones use PSTN?

Voice communications continue to rely heavily on the PSTN. Mobile phones can’t function without the PSTN. The modern PSTN still has plenty of copper wire in it, but it also includes fiber optic cables, cellular networks, communication satellites, and undersea cables.

What replaced the STU III?

Secure Terminal Equipment
STU-III are no longer in service with the U.S. Government, with the last cryptographic keys for the units expiring on December 31, 2009. It has been replaced by the STE (Secure Terminal Equipment) and other equipment using the more modern Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP).

How do secure phone lines work?

More commonly though, each location has an encryptor built into their phone system (PBX). Usually your secretary establishes the phone call with the other party. Then each side enables the encryption which takes 10-30 seconds. Then the line is secure and the secretary transfers the call to you.