[Cryptech Tech] Tech Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1

[Joachim Strömbergson]

Aloha!

Very interesting Todd, much appreciated, both to get the story and the
link to the paper.

Regards,
JoachimS


On 2020-11-18 15:02, Todd Arnold wrote:
> I've been a part of the IBM team that designs those HSMs since long before 
> the 4758 - in fact, I was part of the original ad-tech group that did the 
> research leading to our first HSM with that kind of packaging, the 4755 
> which was announced in 1989.  While there are definitely a lot of 
> similarities over generations, there has been an evolution and the current 
> IBM HSMs are quite different from the 4758.  The technology used in the 
> IBM 4769 HSM is covered to some degree in the paper "The IBM 4769 
> Cryptographic
> Coprocessor" In the September/November 2020 issue of the IBM Journal of 
> Research and Development..  (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9138701) 
>  I'd be happy to forward the PDF file to anyone who is unable to get to 
> the web site.
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> Aloha!
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> (Sharing some HW pr0n this Friday.)
> 
> Was pointed to a very interesting paper that describes how IBM
> manufactures FIPS Level 4, PCIe based HSMs. Quite a lot of resin and
> glue required.
> 
> https://www.co.tt/files/tamper_proof_encryption_smta.pdf 
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> 
> The paper nicely complements an older set of images that shows somebody
> disassembling an older version of the IBM HSMs:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingspores/albums/72157628094589706/with/6331000908/ 
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Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson
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