<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Joachim & Linus & Lilith,<div><br></div><div>For the replacement of the Novena which is not « suitable » for prototyping secure TOR routers (Too many custom additionnal hardware to build for being fully operationnel), I am think for the moment to this develpment board :</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.em.avnet.com/en-us/design/drc/Pages/Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA-LX75T-Development-Kit.aspx">http://www.em.avnet.com/en-us/design/drc/Pages/Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA-LX75T-Development-Kit.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>- It has all what is needed to do the job right.</div><div>- It is not expensive.</div><div>- It is suitable with its PCIexpress bus to fit in standard PC’s.</div><div>- It has a standard FMC expansion connector :D</div><div><br></div><div>What do you think of it ?</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Stman.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>Le 1 août 2014 à 17:17, Joachim Strömbergson <<a href="mailto:joachim@secworks.se">joachim@secworks.se</a>> a écrit :</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><fieldset style="padding-top:10px; border:0px; border: 3px solid #CCC; padding-left: 20px;"><legend style="font-weight:bold">Signé partie PGP</legend><div style="padding-left:3px;">Aloha!<br><br>Thanks for good comments and thoughts.<br><br>★ STMAN ★ wrote:<br>> As you requested me, here are my comments and remarks about a<br>> Roadmap and « What would happen if we wanted to develop a secure TOR<br>> Router on the Novena as is » :<br>><br>> Indeed there are other facts that you must know about the Novena and<br>> the problems that would rise to build a secure TOR EndPoint (With 1<br>> dedicated Ethernet port), or a secure TOR router / firewall (With 2<br>> dedicated Ethernet Ports):<br>><br>> In order to use it as a prototyping/development platform, I am now<br>> convinced it is not the best choice to have :<br><br>Do you see it as not useful even for development purpose?<br><br>We do also develop the Cryptech HW using dedicated FPGA boards like the<br>TerasIC C5G board. For Tor this might be a more suitable solution where<br>we can lock down the FPGA configuration, provide local physical and<br>electrical mechanisms that blocks remote tampetering (and local tamper<br>detect).<br><br><a href="http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&No=830">http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&No=830</a><br><br>The board is not equipped with any Ethernet interfaces, but these can be<br>added using a separate extension board. Either one we design ourselves<br>or using a ready made (if that is ok):<br><br>http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=71&No=355<br><br>For the SW/control part we can either add a separate CPU/MCU or include<br>a CPU core in the FPGA design.<br><br>--<br>Med vänlig hälsning, Yours<br><br>Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.<br>========================================================================<br> Joachim Strömbergson<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Secworks AB<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> joachim@secworks.se<br>========================================================================</div></fieldset><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>