Elcrobit-96 is a
device for the encryption and decryption of data,
developed around 1984 by Siemens in München (Germany).
The device was part of the
ELCO family of encryption devices
and was intended for use by the German Army (Bundeswehr).
Is is capable of sending serial data at speeds beteen 1200 and 9600 baud
over public telephone and data networks.