Len Over 21 wrote:


COMSEC or COMmunications SECurity is the current buzzword (of the
last decade or so) and refers to any means of encryption in military
communications.

The last decade or so? I can confirm that the military used the term at
least as far back as 1968. It appears in DOS material dating back at
least forty years. COMSEC refers not only to "any means of encryption"
but the equipment used for carrying out the secure communications.

Dave K8MN