NODE b3cc1648Re: "Export" controls
Michael Motyka <mmotyka@lsil.com>Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:41:59 +0800
> I am unaware that microshit OS has hard crypto built-in.
>
I was pointing out a retail parallel, not a crypto parallel.
You sure it's not Microshaft? More meanings.
> The question is how to make money by selling hard crypto in the US.
>
A little experiment is often a good thing. I heard that the guys who
made the DES cracker have had $$ requests for machines and/or chips.
> To recap, there are no hard crypto drop-in hardware products
> available to general public in the USA today.
>
In case you missed it, my original reply was an attempt to open
discussion on some type of cooperative effort.
Look at http://www.xilinx.com/products/xc4000XLA.html for prototype
purposes. I wonder how many DES or IDEA engines could be put on a 500K
gate array? It would fit about 35 instantiations of Twofish. That should
be enough for a phone or a disk encryptor.
It's not trivial but -
Products can be done.
On a shoestring.
By the right people.
Even non-geniuses.
Who want to get them done. <-- the key item
No sense pushing the button without critical mass.
sigh...
A friend's t-shirt many years ago:
A penny for your thoughts, twenty bucks to act them out.
NODE ef0861c6Re: "Export" controls
"William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>Thu, 3 Dec 1998 03:35:42 +0800
In <3665810E.1BBD@lsil.com>, on 12/02/98
at 10:03 AM, Michael Motyka <mmotyka@lsil.com> said:
>You sure it's not Microshaft? More meanings.
I prefer Mickysloth myself as it is more descriptive of their coding style. :)
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