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From: wolfgang@bbn.com (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Tempest Specification
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Date: 3 Nov 89 22:07:05 GMT
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>>I've been asked to write an essay on the Tempest specification ...
>>[need] info on the sorts of things a manufacturer must do to meet the spec --
>>and, if possible, a copy of the spec itself.

>Unless the situation has changed of late, the Tempest specification itself
>is classified.  Unless you have a security clearance and need to know,
>nobody can tell you anything very specific.  Yes, this is stupid.

A good unclassified source of info is "Compliance Engineering" a
publication by Dash, Straus + Goodhue, 629 Mass Ave., Boxborough MA.  They
are an FCC/Tempest advice house, and publish an annual "how-to" guide.
The guide is wonderful reading, giving many amazing numbers.  For example,
in the '89 issue page 338 starts the article which gives the typical E vs.
time and I vs. time curves for nuke bursts (50kv/m in a 5-10 nanosecond
pulse!!!).  Basically you can kiss most of your non-shielded electronic
equipment goodby if this ever happens.

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