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Re: [Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key for
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Trei)
Tue Jan 14 10:54:02 2014
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:38:37 -0500
From: Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com>
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[without the top posting, sorry]
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:01:43 +0300
> From: ianG <iang@iang.org>
> To: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@gmail.com>, "cryptography@metzdowd.com"
> <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key
> for crypto
> Message-ID: <52D24BE7.40200@iang.org>
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>
> On 11/01/14 01:53 AM, Bill Cox wrote:
> > I've been noodling the idea of a USB stick designed in a way that we
> > can trust the crypto that goes on there. It's a hard problem, but
> > there seems to be some guidelines that could help:
> ...
> > The idea still has issues.
>
>
> Responding to all, it seems that the only constant here is USB, and
> nobody's particularly wedded to that.
>
> So, we don't know what the best solution is.
>
>
> > Could we make such a beast?
>
>
> Let a thousand flowers bloom. Get your ideas out and try it. One thing
> is clear: not having anything is generally less secure than having
> something...
>
> iang
>
> This is pretty close to what you're asking for:
http://makezine.com/2014/01/07/how-i-built-a-raspberry-pi-tablet/
Peter Trei
BAE Systems, Inc.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">[without the top posting, sorry]<br><div><br><div class=3D=
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Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:01:43 +0300<br>
From: ianG <<a href=3D"mailto:iang@iang.org">iang@iang.org</a>><br>
To: Bill Cox <<a href=3D"mailto:waywardgeek@gmail.com">waywardgeek@gmail=
.com</a>>, =A0 "<a href=3D"mailto:cryptography@metzdowd.com">crypto=
graphy@metzdowd.com</a>"<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <<a href=3D"mailto:cryptography@metzdowd.com">cryptograp=
hy@metzdowd.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 for =A0 =A0 crypto<br>
Message-ID: <<a href=3D"mailto:52D24BE7.40200@iang.org">52D24BE7.40200@i=
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On 11/01/14 01:53 AM, Bill Cox wrote:<br>
> I've been noodling the idea of a USB stick designed in a way that =
we<br>
> can trust the crypto that goes on there. =A0It's a hard problem, b=
ut<br>
> there seems to be some guidelines that could help:<br>
...<br>
> The idea still has issues.<br>
<br>
<br>
Responding to all, it seems that the only constant here is USB, and<br>
nobody's particularly wedded to that.<br>
<br>
So, we don't know what the best solution is.<br>
<br>
<br>
> =A0Could we make such a beast?<br>
<br>
<br>
Let a thousand flowers bloom. =A0Get your ideas out and try it. =A0One thin=
g<br>
is clear: =A0not having anything is generally less secure than having<br>
something...<br>
<br>
iang<br>
<br></blockquote><div>This is pretty close to what you're asking for:<b=
r><br><a href=3D"http://makezine.com/2014/01/07/how-i-built-a-raspberry-pi-=
tablet/">http://makezine.com/2014/01/07/how-i-built-a-raspberry-pi-tablet/<=
/a><br>
<br></div><div>Peter Trei<br></div><div>BAE Systems, Inc.<br><br>=A0<br></d=
iv></div></div></div></div>
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