Ah. That's a good sanity check. Like I said I'm by no means an expert but I
considered it highly unlikely they'd use a dedicated crypto ASIC in this
context.
-TD
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
cryptography@metzdowd.com,[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:53:22 +1300
"Tyler Durden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>That "chip"...is it likely to be an ASIC or is there already such a thing
as
>a security network processor? (ie, a cheaper network processor that only
>handles security apps, etc...)
>
>Or could it be an FPGA?
Neither. Currently they've typically been smart-card cores glued to the
MB and accessed via I2C/SMB.
Peter.
