From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 11:39:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 167F516A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:39:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.raditex.se (www.raditex.se [192.5.36.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F2E43F3F for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:39:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gh@raditex.se) Received: from gandalf.raditex.se (gandalf.raditex.se. [192.5.36.18]) by www.raditex.se (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9RLKVo9054924; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:20:31 GMT Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:15:47 +0000 (GMT) From: G Hasse To: Sam Leffler In-Reply-To: <200310221008.30969.sam@errno.com> Message-ID: <20031027221035.I50355-100000@gandalf.raditex.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware crypto and SSL? X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:39:21 -0000 Hello! There is a good artickle by Ken Thompson "Reflections on Trusting Trust" http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/ He basicaly says that you can't trust hardware if you don't have the microcode. How is the hardware handling this for those devices mentioned? G=F6ran Hasse ---------------------------------------------------------------- G=F6ran Hasse email: gh@raditex.se Tel: 08-6949270 Raditex AB http://www.raditex.se Fax: 08-4420570 Sickla Alle 7, 1tr Mob: 070-5530148 131 34 NACKA, SWEDEN