TACLANE

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TACLANE, for tactical local area network (LAN), is a family of bulk encryption of packet stream devices specified by the National Security Agency and manufactured by General Dynamics. The family, all intended for high-speed IEEE 802.3/Ethernet interfaces, is designated KG-175. Some models (TACLANE Classic, TACLANE E-100) are no longer in production, with the current versions either smaller than the original, or able to operate at higher speeds (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet).[1] It encrypts packets within frames, and certainly not all bits; the frame headers and trailers must be present for the LAN to work.

It is a derivative of the FASTLANE KG-75 for the earlier high-speed Asynchronous Transfer Model (ATM), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy telecommunications technologies.

## Applications[edit]

TACLANE is the main interface, for sending and receiving compartmented intelligence information, between the existing TROJAN SPIRIT service and the newer, common-user Joint Network Node and Warfighter Information Network-Tactical military communications architectures.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ TACLANE® Family of Encryptors, General Dynamics C4 Systems