[Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key for crypto (ianG) (not topposted)

[Peter Trei]

[without the top posting, sorry]

Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:01:43 +0300
> From: ianG <iang at iang.org>
> To: Bill Cox <waywardgeek at gmail.com>,   "cryptography at metzdowd.com"
>         <cryptography at metzdowd.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Dumb idea: open-source hardware USB key
>         for     crypto
> Message-ID: <52D24BE7.40200 at 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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