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Philips ZODIAC
Trunk encryption device
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BVO-T was a Trunk Encryption Device (TED), developed around 1981 by Philips Usfa
in Eindhoven (Netherlands) as part of the
ZODIAC integrated communications network
of the Dutch Army. It allows a transfer speed up to 2 Mb/s and
was used as a gateway to other NATO/USA networks. It is
compatible with the American KG-81, for which the
WALBURN encryption algorithm was used.
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BVO is the abbreviation of Bundel Vercijfer- en Ontcijferapparaat
(Trunk Encryption Device). For ZODIAC,
Philips developed two versions of the BVO,
both of which could run at a speed of 2Mb/s.
BVO-M used a proprietary encryption algorithm developed at Philips.
It is backwards compatible with the earlier 1Mb/s Mucolex.
BVO-T has the same form-factor, but is compatible with the
American KG-81, allowing the integration of
ZODIAC with the US and other NATO countries.
No further information is available at present.
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- Philips Usfa, BVO-M stock photographs
Crypto Museum Photo Archive #300633.
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![Typical BVO-M unit. Photo courtesy Philips Usfa [1]](../bvo/img/300633/003/full.jpg)