[Cryptech Tech] goals / use cases
Randy Bush
randy at psg.com
Wed Feb 4 17:10:00 UTC 2015
>> 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
i actually trolled that a few weeks back. even a second fpga doing the
soft core instead of the SoC reduces the attack surface. an idea for
the one after this.
randy
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