Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] OneRNG kickstarter project looking for donations
Wonder if OneRNG can have a microusb port eventually, its crappy arm embeddeds where I miss entropy the most On 21 Dec 2014 17:53, "ianG" wrote: > And, boom. OneRNG just blasted through its $10k ask. This project races > ahead. I'd like to think that the depth of support indicates we really do > have a need for vibrant cheap open RNGs. The more the merrier. > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng- > an-open-source-entropy-generator > > Paul tells me over-funding will be used to do a bigger run. So we can > pretty reliably predict that these things will happen sometime after Jan > when it closes. > > Probably still a good idea to support the project because you get sent a > unit anyway, and more funds will almost certainly lead to other benefits. > > iang > > On 16/12/2014 16:39 pm, ianG wrote: > >> Surprisingly, the OneRNG project is already half way to the goal of $10k >> NZD after only a week. >> >> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng- >> an-open-source-entropy-generator >> >> >> One reason I really like this project is that it is hopefully totally >> open. If we can seed the world with open hardware designs, we can have >> a chance of leaking this project into all sorts of other things like >> home routers, IoT things, Bitcoin hardware wallets etc. >> >> iang >> >> >> On 15/12/2014 19:18 pm, ianG wrote: >> >>> After Edward Snowden's recent revelations about how compromised our >>> internet security has become some people have worried about whether the >>> hardware we're using is compromised - is it? We honestly don't know, but >>> like a lot of people we're worried about our privacy and security. >>> >>> What we do know is that the NSA has corrupted some of the random number >>> generators in the OpenSSL software we all use to access the internet, >>> and has paid some large crypto vendors millions of dollars to make their >>> software less secure. Some people say that they also intercept hardware >>> during shipping to install spyware. >>> >>> We believe it's time we took back ownership of the hardware we use day >>> to day. This project is one small attempt to do that - OneRNG is an >>> entropy generator, it makes long strings of random bits from two >>> independent noise sources that can be used to seed your operating >>> system's random number generator. This information is then used to >>> create the secret keys you use when you access web sites, or use >>> cryptography systems like SSH and PGP. >>> >>> Openness is important, we're open sourcing our hardware design and our >>> firmware, our board is even designed with a removable RF noise shield (a >>> 'tin foil hat') so that you can check to make sure that the circuits >>> that are inside are exactly the same as the circuits we build and sell. >>> In order to make sure that our boards cannot be compromised during >>> shipping we make sure that the internal firmware load is signed and >>> cannot be spoofed. >>> >> >> ___ >> cryptography mailing list >> cryptography@randombit.net >> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >> >> >> > ___ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] OneRNG kickstarter project looking for donations
And, boom. OneRNG just blasted through its $10k ask. This project races ahead. I'd like to think that the depth of support indicates we really do have a need for vibrant cheap open RNGs. The more the merrier. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng-an-open-source-entropy-generator Paul tells me over-funding will be used to do a bigger run. So we can pretty reliably predict that these things will happen sometime after Jan when it closes. Probably still a good idea to support the project because you get sent a unit anyway, and more funds will almost certainly lead to other benefits. iang On 16/12/2014 16:39 pm, ianG wrote: Surprisingly, the OneRNG project is already half way to the goal of $10k NZD after only a week. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng-an-open-source-entropy-generator One reason I really like this project is that it is hopefully totally open. If we can seed the world with open hardware designs, we can have a chance of leaking this project into all sorts of other things like home routers, IoT things, Bitcoin hardware wallets etc. iang On 15/12/2014 19:18 pm, ianG wrote: After Edward Snowden's recent revelations about how compromised our internet security has become some people have worried about whether the hardware we're using is compromised - is it? We honestly don't know, but like a lot of people we're worried about our privacy and security. What we do know is that the NSA has corrupted some of the random number generators in the OpenSSL software we all use to access the internet, and has paid some large crypto vendors millions of dollars to make their software less secure. Some people say that they also intercept hardware during shipping to install spyware. We believe it's time we took back ownership of the hardware we use day to day. This project is one small attempt to do that - OneRNG is an entropy generator, it makes long strings of random bits from two independent noise sources that can be used to seed your operating system's random number generator. This information is then used to create the secret keys you use when you access web sites, or use cryptography systems like SSH and PGP. Openness is important, we're open sourcing our hardware design and our firmware, our board is even designed with a removable RF noise shield (a 'tin foil hat') so that you can check to make sure that the circuits that are inside are exactly the same as the circuits we build and sell. In order to make sure that our boards cannot be compromised during shipping we make sure that the internal firmware load is signed and cannot be spoofed. ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] OneRNG kickstarter project looking for donations
are they making a fully open-source SoC? no. so forget about "open hardware" if that only means open-everything-except-the-SoC-and-a-few-other-stuff-that-has-binary-blobs-in-it ;) On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 4:39 PM, ianG wrote: > > Surprisingly, the OneRNG project is already half way to the goal of $10k > NZD after only a week. > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng- > an-open-source-entropy-generator > > One reason I really like this project is that it is hopefully totally > open. If we can seed the world with open hardware designs, we can have a > chance of leaking this project into all sorts of other things like home > routers, IoT things, Bitcoin hardware wallets etc. > > iang > > > > On 15/12/2014 19:18 pm, ianG wrote: > >> After Edward Snowden's recent revelations about how compromised our >> internet security has become some people have worried about whether the >> hardware we're using is compromised - is it? We honestly don't know, but >> like a lot of people we're worried about our privacy and security. >> >> What we do know is that the NSA has corrupted some of the random number >> generators in the OpenSSL software we all use to access the internet, >> and has paid some large crypto vendors millions of dollars to make their >> software less secure. Some people say that they also intercept hardware >> during shipping to install spyware. >> >> We believe it's time we took back ownership of the hardware we use day >> to day. This project is one small attempt to do that - OneRNG is an >> entropy generator, it makes long strings of random bits from two >> independent noise sources that can be used to seed your operating >> system's random number generator. This information is then used to >> create the secret keys you use when you access web sites, or use >> cryptography systems like SSH and PGP. >> >> Openness is important, we're open sourcing our hardware design and our >> firmware, our board is even designed with a removable RF noise shield (a >> 'tin foil hat') so that you can check to make sure that the circuits >> that are inside are exactly the same as the circuits we build and sell. >> In order to make sure that our boards cannot be compromised during >> shipping we make sure that the internal firmware load is signed and >> cannot be spoofed. >> > > ___ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
Re: [cryptography] [Cryptography] OneRNG kickstarter project looking for donations
Surprisingly, the OneRNG project is already half way to the goal of $10k NZD after only a week. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng-an-open-source-entropy-generator One reason I really like this project is that it is hopefully totally open. If we can seed the world with open hardware designs, we can have a chance of leaking this project into all sorts of other things like home routers, IoT things, Bitcoin hardware wallets etc. iang On 15/12/2014 19:18 pm, ianG wrote: After Edward Snowden's recent revelations about how compromised our internet security has become some people have worried about whether the hardware we're using is compromised - is it? We honestly don't know, but like a lot of people we're worried about our privacy and security. What we do know is that the NSA has corrupted some of the random number generators in the OpenSSL software we all use to access the internet, and has paid some large crypto vendors millions of dollars to make their software less secure. Some people say that they also intercept hardware during shipping to install spyware. We believe it's time we took back ownership of the hardware we use day to day. This project is one small attempt to do that - OneRNG is an entropy generator, it makes long strings of random bits from two independent noise sources that can be used to seed your operating system's random number generator. This information is then used to create the secret keys you use when you access web sites, or use cryptography systems like SSH and PGP. Openness is important, we're open sourcing our hardware design and our firmware, our board is even designed with a removable RF noise shield (a 'tin foil hat') so that you can check to make sure that the circuits that are inside are exactly the same as the circuits we build and sell. In order to make sure that our boards cannot be compromised during shipping we make sure that the internal firmware load is signed and cannot be spoofed. ___ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
