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On 25/03/2010 19:38, pageexec@××××××××.hu wrote: |
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>> That somebody with a few probes and a 50 quid USB logic analyser can't |
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>> capture the entropy that was delivered to the system. (One of the |
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>> target markets is installation in shared co-location facilities.) |
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> do they also protect against impersonation? from your other answers |
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> i infer that there's some (mutual?) authentication between the device |
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> and the kernel, so it should be possible ;). |
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That's what it says here: |
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http://www.entropykey.co.uk/tech/ |
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It certainly needs an encryption key on the userspace daemon bit, which |
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unless the person coding is very silly, usually implies that the PC is |
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defended against impersonation |
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It seems way overkill for what I wanted, but the end result is that it |
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does seem to be a very well thought out device, even more so considering |
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all the other hardware devices I found through google are in the 400 |
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euro area (and at least two I looked at were thunking great big |
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bricks...). This thing is well inside my toy buying threshold... |
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Ed W |
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