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: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) To: camera_lumina@hotmail.com, cryptography@metzdowd.com,cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net, rah@shipwright.com Subject: RE: Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:53:22 +1300
"Tyler Durden" <camera_lumina@hotmail.com> 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.