[Cryptech Tech] goals / use cases

[Rob Austein]

At Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:16:38 -0600, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
> since this argument has gone quiet, with no real solid consensus, so
> let me stir the pot :)
> 
> my take is that either the fpga or the arm may be poisoned.  but the
> arm is more easily poisoned or attacked because it has a full array of
> household appliances and the massive support functions they need.
> 
> so i would argue that key gen and store should be in the fpga.

One could argue for a soft core to minimize the number of household
appliances, but at some point one has to pick a trust boundary, and if
anything inside that boundary is poisoned, it's game over.