[Cryptech Tech] goals / use cases

Leif Johansson leifj at sunet.se
Wed Jan 28 09:03:25 UTC 2015


On 01/28/2015 09:27 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Joachim_Str=F6mbergson?= <joachim at secworks.se> writes:
> 
>> If we want to get going fast and rather start experimenting than doing
>> measurements and planning, by getting a roomy and fast CPU, we should do the
>> same with the FPGA.
> 
> In terms of a "roomy and fast CPU", the TI CPU that was mentioned earlier
> already has onboard crypto support for AES and SHA (and other stuff as well),
> if it's supported by the host CPU is there any need to do the same in an FPGA?
> By leaving the host to do bulk encryption operations you could save space in
> the FPGA for things the host can't do natively.
> 

Do we have source for those functions for review?




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