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RE: Crypto hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John P. Sullivan)
Thu Jul 12 11:56:57 2001
Reply-To: <jsullivan@us.ncipher.com>
From: "John P. Sullivan" <jsullivan@us.ncipher.com>
To: "Kent Crispin" <kent@songbird.com>
Cc: <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:59:13 -0400
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You are describing a Hardware Security Module (HSM) and there are several on
the market from various vendors.
For further data on our product line please feel free to look at our
website. Our nShield product is FIPS 140-1 Level 3 validated:
http://www.ncipher.com/products/nshield/index.html
HTH,
--John
John P. Sullivan
Senior Consulting Engineer
nCipher, Inc.
781-994-4084 (office)
jsullivan@us.ncipher.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cryptography@wasabisystems.com
> [mailto:owner-cryptography@wasabisystems.com]On Behalf Of Kent Crispin
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 5:28 PM
> To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
> Subject: Crypto hardware
>
>
> A couple of years ago at the RSA conference one of the vendors was
> exhibiting a tamperproof that would keep a secret key and perform
> encryptions/signatures using the key. Since the key never left the
> box, in theory security reduced to physical security around the box.
> The intended use of the box was as a master for a CA. I thought the
> vendor was GTE, but I didn't find anything definitive on their site.
>
> Does this description trigger any recollection? Are there similar
> devices on the market from other sources?
>
> --
> Kent Crispin "Be good, and you will be
> kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain
>
>
>
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