[Cryptech Tech] fyi: [Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source.hardware

Leif Johansson leifj at sunet.se
Tue Jan 14 18:01:52 UTC 2014




> 14 jan 2014 kl. 16:46 skrev "=JeffH" <Jeff.Hodges at KingsMountain.com>:
> 
> >> tho note that later in that thread folks start talking about
> >> open-source HSM and perhaps secure elements.
> >
> > i searched for "open-source hardware USB" on the list archive and got
> > no love.  do you have a link to the thread?
> 
> first msg in thread:
> 
> [Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key for crypto   Bill Cox
> http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-January/019530.html
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> thread (look in middle of page)..
> 
> http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2014-January/thread.html#19530
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> >
> >> i guess I was also implicitly wondering if y'all wanted to post a
> >> pointer to cryptech.is into that thread on the crypto lists.
> >
> > i have a bad instinct from both my r&d background and my research
> > $dayjob.  i am not comfortable talking about stuff that does not yet
> > work.  and coming from the freebsd, not linux, side of the world,
> > tossing out a dozen trial balloons to see what flies is also not in my
> > genetics.  in the modern world, these are probably bugs, not features.
> >
> > speaking for myself, i would be perfectly happy if someone posted some
> > urls to the cryptography list.
> 
> so "myself" doesn't include the "bad instinct" ?    :)
> 
> I guess I'll leave posting a ptr to cryptech.is on cryptography@ up to you folks for now...
> 
> 
> Also, wrt funding, I presume you folks have thought about doing a crowd-funding thing?  (just curious)
> 
> 

thats a good 2nd step when you have a design ...

> =JeffH
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