DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET SI TK REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL TS SI About the Virtual Private Network SIGDev Working Group FROM Chair NSA VPN WG Advanced Network Development Analysis ANDA S31SD1 Run Date 05 12 2005 TS SI If you are a SIGINT analyst whose target communicates via virtual private networks VPNs I'd like to tell you about the VPN SIGDev Working Group The WG was established in November 2004 to conduct systematic and thorough SIGINT Development of VPN communications typically encrypted ANDA provides regular VPN Target Activity Reports on a number of countries and target entities including Bahrain China Egypt France Germany India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey UAE Yemen and specific financial governmental communication service providers and international organizations These reports may help you exploit targets' VPNs more successfully S SI Members of the working group include a diverse group of individuals from the Network Analysis Center S31SD Network Security Products S31213 Office of Target Pursuit S311 and a number of S2 product lines including MENA S2E International Security Issues S2C Office of China Korea S2B Office of Russia S2H Office of Regional Targets S2A and Office of Proliferation and Arms Control S2G New members are always welcome S SI The VPN SIGDev WG is a subgroup of the larger NSA VPN Working Group To learn more type go vpnwg in your browser If you have questions contact at @nsa U FOUO SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 DL sid_comms DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET SI TK REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM NSA CSSM 1-52 DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON 20320108                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu