On 27 Feb 2016, at 3:20pm, Dave Baggett <dmb at inky.com> wrote: > It would be interesting to contemplate running all of SQLite on an HSM, as > this would allow you to perform database transactions while ensuring the > database itself was kept hidden from the host computing device. I'm not aware > of any generically programmable HSMs capable of doing this, though, and of > course your database would have to entirely fit within the HSM's on-board > storage.
SQLite is in use in something like this. I can't describe the custom hardware to you but think of a Raspberry Pi (half hand-sized circuitboard based around a CPU executing a stripped-down Linux) and you're not far wrong. Various user factors (biometrics, etc.) are stored in the database and when someone needs access the database is searched. Simon.
