Aloha! Very interesting Todd, much appreciated, both to get the story and the link to the paper.
Regards, JoachimS On 2020-11-18 15:02, Todd Arnold wrote: > I've been a part of the IBM team that designs those HSMs since long before > the 4758 - in fact, I was part of the original ad-tech group that did the > research leading to our first HSM with that kind of packaging, the 4755 > which was announced in 1989. While there are definitely a lot of > similarities over generations, there has been an evolution and the current > IBM HSMs are quite different from the 4758. The technology used in the > IBM 4769 HSM is covered to some degree in the paper "The IBM 4769 > Cryptographic > Coprocessor" In the September/November 2020 issue of the IBM Journal of > Research and Development.. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9138701) > I'd be happy to forward the PDF file to anyone who is unable to get to > the web site. > > > > > > From: tech-requ...@cryptech.is > To: tech@cryptech.is > Date: 11/06/2020 02:57 AM > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Tech Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 > Sent by: "Tech" <tech-boun...@cryptech.is> > > > > Send Tech mailing list submissions to > tech@cryptech.is > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tech-requ...@cryptech.is > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tech-ow...@cryptech.is > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tech digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Disassembly, and production of HSMs (Joachim Str?mbergson) > 2. Re: Disassembly, and production of HSMs (Peter Gutmann) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 07:48:28 +0100 > From: Joachim Str?mbergson <joac...@assured.se> > To: "tech@cryptech.is" <tech@cryptech.is> > Subject: [Cryptech Tech] Disassembly, and production of HSMs > Message-ID: <394a66d7-fbdc-e609-5084-006197beb...@assured.se> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Aloha! > > (Sharing some HW pr0n this Friday.) > > Was pointed to a very interesting paper that describes how IBM > manufactures FIPS Level 4, PCIe based HSMs. Quite a lot of resin and > glue required. > > https://www.co.tt/files/tamper_proof_encryption_smta.pdf > > > The paper nicely complements an older set of images that shows somebody > disassembling an older version of the IBM HSMs: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingspores/albums/72157628094589706/with/6331000908/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@cryptech.is > https://lists.cryptech.is/listinfo/tech > -- Med vänlig hälsning, Yours Joachim Strömbergson ======================================================================== Assured AB ========================================================================
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