On 10/17/2013 1:04 PM, Gervase Markham wrote:
On 17/10/13 00:07, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
Each HSM vendor has their own security controls but a FIPS140 level 4
device won't release them except to another FIPS-140 device. There is no
way to extract the key from the system unencrypted.
Phil: what prevents a government just turning up with such a device and
saying "copy your private key into here, please"?
.. and also give us all associated access/credential material.

Thanks,
M.D.
Gerv


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