In the absence of generally acknowledged metrics in the public area that could be used to compute and spell out cryptographic strength, a small operational group agreed to look at the possibility of developing an approach to cryptographic metrics The purpose of this dissertation is to report the results of the limited exploratory effort by the above operational group that investigated the practicality of developing metrics for use in specifying the strength of cryptographic algorithms.
TORDES is made available within the context of a total security program consisting of physical security procedure. This work specifies the functionality of TORDES fro encryption and decryption to protect the sensitive unclassified data. The selective application of technology and related procedural safeguard is an important responsibility for cryptographic algorithm to its electronic data systems.
