On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon <t...@panix.com> wrote:

> I find myself needing a crypto card, preferably PCIe, with onboard
> key storage.  The application is PGP, so I really need hardware that
> can use keys stored onboard to do arbitrary RSA operations -- rather
> than a protocol accellerator which can use onboard keys only to do
> more complex operations that happen to include RSA signing or
> encryption as one step.
>
> As far as I know, the only current products that do this are the
> IBM 4765 and the BCM586x line of chips.  There were more sources
> once-upon-a-time of course -- nCipher and NetOctave/NBMK/etc. but
> those products seem to be gone now (and have obsolete PCI host
> interfaces, as well).
>

?
http://www.thales-esecurity.com/en/Products/Hardware%20Security%20Modules/nShield%20Solo.aspxfor
example.


>
> I cannot actually find a card with a BCM586x on it, and
> there is a suspicious absence of pricing and availability information
> on those parts from the usual IC distributors' web sites as well.
>
> What, if anything, can I buy off-the-shelf in this space?  I don't
> think a smartcard will work, since I need unattended operation
> within the chassis of a standard x86 rackmount server.
>
> Thor
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