[Cryptech Core] [Cryptech-business] Draft letter of support for Diamond Key Security

[Jakob Schlyter]

Ok. 

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> 27 okt. 2017 kl. 20:17 skrev Russ Housley <housley at vigilsec.com>:
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> I think the note should make it clear that the  bulk of the development funds came from sources other than ISOC.
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> Russ
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>> On Oct 27, 2017, at 2:14 PM, Karen O'Donoghue <odonoghue at isoc.org> wrote:
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>> Folks,
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>> Below is a draft letter to the ISOC board regarding CrypTech Project team support for the efforts of Diamond Key Security. Please review and provide comments. Even if you don’t have any comments or concerns, I’d like to know that you are ok with the document. We plan to forward this to the ISOC board by the end of next week if possible. 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Karen
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>> ***************
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>> Draft Letter of Support for Diamond Key Security from the CrypTech Project
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>> 4 November 2017
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>> Internet Society Board of Trustees
>> Gonzalo Camarillo
>> Kathryn Brown
>> 1775 Wiehle Ave,
>> Reston, VA 20190
>> 
>> Dear Trustee:
>> 
>> In 2013, the CrypTech Project set out to build an open source hardware and software crypto engine for use in Internet infrastructure and applications. Because it is open source, we believe it can be made very affordably for use in many diverse applications to make the Internet more secure.  In 2016 CrypTech delivered a working alpha board for a hardware security module (HSM) with a primary target of use in DNSSEC signing operations.  This alpha board can be used as a baseline for the development of commodity HSMs supporting a range of applications including DNSSEC.
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>> The CrypTech design is unique to the market because it is transparently developed allowing inspection of processes, code and configuration. The logical next step for CrypTech is to have commercial products built from its technology.  To do this, the CrypTech technology must be commercialized.  Leading up to the release of the alpha board, we spoke with several TLD operators who told us that they are very supportive of the project and very interested in using a product built on CrypTech technology.  At the same time, to use the technology it needs to be a supported commercial product.  These operators are not prepared to devote engineering resources to mature a prototype project into production hardware.
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>> The CrypTech Project has several supporters in the Internet Technical Community who have contributed the resources to bring it to its current state.  As of October 2017, we’ve spent approximately $1.5 million dollars (USD) on CrypTech development.  The CrypTech Project is grateful for this support, but we recognize that for ongoing development of CrypTech, a sustainable revenue stream is needed.
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>> We believe Diamond Key Security has a strategy to help solve both these problems.  Diamond Key has a plan both to build a commercial offering on the CrypTech technology and to produce a sustainable revenue stream for ongoing development of open source crypto technology in the CrypTech project.  They have established a not-for-profit business that aligns with the CrypTech goals of building open source transparent hardware and software for crypto applications throughout the Internet. 
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>> We are working closely with Diamond Key Security to support their efforts as it is tightly linked to our future funding and sustainability plans.  We view Diamond Key Security as a strategic partner that is vital for continuing to align CrypTech technology with broad market places and productizing and launching CrypTech-based solutions.  We hope that the Internet Society will continue to support and fund Diamond Key Security. 
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>> Regards,
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>> 
>> Stephen Farrell
>> Russ Housley
>> Leif Johannson
>> on behalf of the CrypTech Project Team (pending team approval) 
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>> Cc: Kevin
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