Thierry Moreau <[email protected]> writes:

>As a derived engineering strategy, wouldn't it be better to design a system 
>where the long-term secrets are kept in a "secure" co-processor, 

Yes, of course, but that's asking the wrong question, what you need to ask is:

  As a product manufacturing strategy, should we put money into designing a 
  system where the long-term secrets are kept in a "secure" co-processor,

and the answer to that is almost always "no".  Heck, even if you phrase it as 
"should we use the TrustZone capabilities that are *alreay built into the 
chip*" or "I'd love to use the integrated crypto, I'll do it at no cost as a 
design exercise" the answer has been "no".  The extra stuff costs, not just
in BOM and NRE terms but in terms of future compatibility, support, custom
functionality, ... 

Peter.


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