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Hi! |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 14:42:23 -0400 Aaron Bauman wrote: |
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> Gentoo-bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/659620 |
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> |
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> All, this email will serve as a comparison between the two vendors which |
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> have provided quotes to the Foundation. This does not include Alice's |
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> proposal as U2FZero is currently out of stock in the United States and |
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> does not seem to offer any availability in Asia. Alice did suggest that |
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> we split vendors across geographical markets, but I find this will make |
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> the situation become very difficult to handle. It would also put the |
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> burden on individuals to receive and disperse the tokens and increase |
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> shipping costs, burden the treasurer for reimbursements to be processed, |
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> and possibly cause delays. |
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> |
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> Yubikey: |
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> |
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> Quote received for (150) Yubikey FIPS tokens. |
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> |
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> Unit Price: $44.16 USD |
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> Total: $6,624 USD |
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> Discount: 4% (already available to anyone ordering in bulk) |
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> |
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> Shipping costs can be found at [1] and the lowest cost projections |
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> given. They do not offer any standard costs for shipping and cannot |
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> discount it. |
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> |
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> Open source: Several products are no longer open sourced and tracking |
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> which is/is not can be difficult [4]. |
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> |
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> Nitrokey: |
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> |
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> Quote received based on (150) Nitrokey Pro tokens. |
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> |
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> Unit Price: 27,59 € ($31.58 USD at the time of this email) |
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> Total: 4,138.50 € ($4737.06 USD at the time of this email) |
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> Discount: 33% (With sponsorship agreement on gentoo.org) |
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> |
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> All prices are already inclusive of VAT. |
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> |
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> Shipping times can be found here [2]. Shipping costs can be found here |
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> [3]. The most expensive shipping is worldwide starting at 7,40 € |
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> ($8.47 USD at the the time of this email). |
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> |
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> Nitrokey has also offered several unique options for Gentoo. They will |
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> provide a custom portal which allows each developer to request their |
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> security token. This is done via a Foundation (infra really) provided |
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> list of valid gentoo.org email addresses. Additionally, they will |
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> provide monthly billing of all purchased devices and the Foundation is |
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> not obligated to purchase all (150) tokens. This can be a standing |
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> agreement until the Foundation decides to remove financial support. |
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> |
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> Considering both vendors, we can estimate shipping at the highest cost |
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> in order to best prepare for potential expenses. |
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> Open source: All products are considered open [4]. |
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1. Are they open hardware? At the very least chip and board |
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schematics should be available. At best they should be reproducible |
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by third parties. |
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2. How token integrity is protected during shipment? |
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Otherwise all this security enhancement will be marginal at best if |
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not fake, since if device is tampered with physically or on design |
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level, it provides no additional security, only a dangerous false |
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sense of such security enhancement. |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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