[107596] in Cypherpunks
Re: Intel sets encryption plan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Tue Jan 19 04:07:28 1999
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 02:10:47 -0500
To: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990118152415.007d06d0@m7.sprynet.com>
Cc: "Live & Loud" <sandro@pop.hsbcbamerindus.com.br>, cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
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In <3.0.5.32.19990118152415.007d06d0@m7.sprynet.com>, on 01/18/99
at 03:24 PM, David Honig <honig@sprynet.com> said:
>At 06:17 PM 1/18/99 -0200, Live & Loud wrote:
>>Hmmm..., a chip using a unknow algorithm, it looks like a back door....
>>
>>What do you think ?
>>
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>>http://cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9901/18/intel/
>The article isn't specific enough. Are they going to add large
>exponentiators to their next cpu? And disable them for export? Or are
>they just going to add a constant-time variable-rotate instruction?
>And what is the point of a secure CPU with an insecure OS?
>Last month Intel described adding security features to BIOSes,
>essentially to suck up to Hollywood, to turn PCs into license-friendly
>media players. Or to gain control in the market by BIOS bullying.
Well I know that Wintel has been doing a lot of work in creating creating
an anti-piracy system. IIRC they were trying to design a system when one
bought a piece of software it would be coded for a specific CPU and would
not run on any other. I would imagine that crypto functions on the CPU
would be an integral part of such a system.
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