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BATON has a 128-bit block size and a 320-bit key. 160 bits of the key are , it encrypts data at 129% of the clock rate, as opposed to 76% for DES , 25% for Triple DES, and 4% for SAVILLE . Its speed and parallelizability were major factors in its selection.

The Sierra II documentation suggests that BATON may be related to MEDLEY .


USAGE

BATON is used in a variety of products and standards:
  • APCO Project 25 (Public standard for land mobile radio) (Algorithm IDs 01 and 41)

  • PKCS #11 (Public standard for encryption tokens)

  • CDSA/CSSM (Another public standard)

  • HAIPE / HAIPIS ( NSA 's version of IPsec )

  • FNBDT (Advanced flexible voice security protocol)




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