Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IBM encryption chip support? | Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:57:29 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Miles Lane wrote: > > > Will this chip need any kernel support or > > will it just need to be supported in usermode? > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2680013,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest > > It looks like CPRM on the mainboard.........
Its certainly not a new idea. There are a wide number of trusted computing situations where high speed public key crypto that is very hard to go around the back of is a big win (think credit card data for one).
Its also uninteresting for real security applications because nobody will be prepared to assume that IBM silicon hasn't been tampered with by the NSA and friends.
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