[Cryptech Tech] Working memory on HSM for decrypted private key components?

Joachim Strömbergson joachim at secworks.se
Wed Dec 16 12:45:19 UTC 2015


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Aloha!

Rob Austein wrote:
> There was a discussion this morning about maybe including a jumper
> on the Alpha board controlling whether the CPU can talk to the MKM,
> so that the as-yet-unwritten MKM core doesn't become a blocking item.
> As you describe it, the initial MKM core doesn't sound all that 
> complicated, so maybe this is a non-issue, OTOH one more jumper on a 
> prototype board is (probably) harmless.

Since the AVR can talk to the MKM and the CPU can talk to the AVR, would
a third electrical path really be necessary?

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Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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 Joachim Strömbergson          Secworks AB          joachim at secworks.se
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