SC-based link encryption

2007-01-04 Thread Steve Schear
I haven't been following the smartcard scene for a while. I'm looking to create a low-cost and portable link encryptor, with D-H or similar key exchange, for lower <100kbps data speeds. Is this possible? Steve - The Cryptogra

Tamperproof, yet playing Tetris.

2007-01-04 Thread Perry E. Metzger
Handheld "Chip & Pin" terminals for reading credit cards in the UK are required to be tamperproof to avoid the possibility of people suborning them. Here is a report from a group that has not merely tampered with such a terminal, but has (as a demo) converted it into a tetris game to demonstrate t

Re: SSL (https, really) accelerators for Linux/Apache?

2007-01-04 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
for lots of topic drift about fast transactions and lightweight SSL (somewhat related to past assertions that majority of SSL use has been e-commerce related)... recent post in thread on secure financial transactions http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007.html#28 Securing financial transactions a high