On 7/4/06, Thor Lancelot Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2) Hifn used to make this documentation publically available but access
to it now requires permission from Hifn sales -- it has been password
protected on their public web site. In other words, after years of
design wins based on
The Irish government's commission's report on the NEDAP/Powervote system
has been published. (PDFs on the site)
http://www.cev.ie/htm/report/download_second.htm
As a secure system, it leaves a lot to be desired and it seems to be an
example in how not to implement an eVoting system. Just
Thor Lancelot Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 10:41:05AM -0600, Anne Lynn Wheeler wrote:
however, at least some of the TPM chips have RNGs that have some level
of certification (although you might have to do some investigation to
find out what specific chip is being
Ben Laurie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So ... where are these rebadged smartcards deployed? Who rebadges them?
System integrators usually. The way it works is that the company that fabs
the devices (typically Atmel, STMicroelectronics, or Infineon) create the
silicon. Then a second-level vendor
Protego has implementation details of their hw noise based RNG product
line at http://www.protego.se/products_en.htm
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Peter Gutmann wrote:
Exactly. The FIPS 140 (strictly speaking X9.17/X9.31 PRNG) tests test a
generator's determinism, not its nondeterminism. In other word they generate
a set of input/output pairs from a known-good generator and then make sure
that the generator being certified produces the
