[Cryptography] Kindle as crypto hardware

[Phillip Hallam-Baker]

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at stpeter.im>wrote:

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> Hi Phil, a few questions about your feature-set...
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> On 12/3/13 9:39 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> > What I really want from a crypto key management device is that it
> > be
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> > * Small and light
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> This implies that you want it to be mobile. What problems does that
> solve for you?


Has to fit in a tamper-proof evidence bag, should be small enough to store
in a safe.

Light is really a proxy for 'easy to destroy verifiably and completely'. My
preferred method involves a transparent jig and a belt sander.

Anything with a hard drive is an utter pain.


> > * Have processor and display capabilities * Be possible to control
> > the operating system build completely * Be cheap enough to be a
> > burner machine
>
> I agree on the last two.
>
> I still think the ideal key management device is something like what
> Perry sketched out on this list several months ago: a cheap, small
> device (like a Raspberry Pi) that I can place in my house and interact
> with directly via wired or near-field communication (the display could
> be on any other device I own). I don't see the need to take it with
> me, and in fact I'd prefer that it be at home so that I know it's as
> physically secure as other things I own.
>

I think the Pi is good for some purposes. But it does not come with a
display or input device.


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