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Re: Crypto hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Murray)
Thu Jul 12 11:58:12 2001
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:48:34 -0700
From: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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In-Reply-To: <20010710142808.D15008@songbird.com>; from kent@songbird.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:28:08PM -0700
On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:28:08PM -0700, Kent Crispin wrote:
> 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?
Was it the BBN Safekeeper?
I haven't seen one, but I have had it described
to me as a PC welded into a box, intended for
use as a CA.
Eric
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