Subject: Re: Interest in Broadcom crypto cards?
To: thilo <jeremias@optushome.com.au>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/20/2007 11:05:19
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 03:25:07PM +1000, thilo wrote:
> >
> The main reason is the cards are meant to keep the private key on the 
> card, (like an HSM)  (and secure)

I regret to tell you there are essentially no such cards available that
do not cost thousands of dollars.

Well, there's one, actually, made by NetOctave, but it's closing in on
obsolete in terms of performance, and the company is in precarious
financial condition.

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Thor Lancelot Simon	                               tls@rek.tjls.com
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