[Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key for crypto

[ianG]

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