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Re: Software security

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 12 Jul 13 3:40 AM | 32 view(s)
Boardmark this board | The Trust Matrix 		Msg. 14004 of 54959
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Hi 4321,

We take it on trust that there are no back doors.

But the key players are the NSA and all the US corporations like MS and Intel that now tell us they were unable to mention the back doors in everything else they offer.

This is the nightmare scenario.

I think someone will have to create a TC model in Switzerland if we are to get a good one.

There I was thinking the black helicopter people were paranoid.

A bit more secure isn't what the doctor ordered.


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Re: Software security
By: 4321 in ALEA
Fri, 12 Jul 13 3:18 AM 		Msg. 14003 of 54959

Alea,

It's not about back doors although I'm sure that capability exists in some technology.

With the TPM is about the keys for the encryption and where they are stored.

If they are stored on the device in software they are easily hackable. If they are in a TPM CHIP it takes more effort. If they are held in a HSM they are really difficult to get at but not impossible.

The best system is to have the encryption keys never reside on the device.

Even with that I'm sure there is a way that the brightest of the bright will find a way.

Raise the bar and make it so the crook does not just walk right through the front door.

That's what the industry is doing and look at the new business models being created, some quickly and some not so quickly.

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