[9003] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Crypto hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Thu Jul 12 12:03:13 2001
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:26:26 -0700
To: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>, cryptography@wasabisystems.com
From: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
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At 02:28 PM 7/10/01 -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?
>
Look up ibutton.com
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