| ??? 05/31/12 12:35 Modified: 05/31/12 12:35 Read: times |
#187588 - What's the big deal? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Why is there such an uproar about this "backdoor" into the FPGA? FPGA's have never been particularly secure. A few attempts, including this one, have been made to incorporate FLASH or EEPROM so the typical external memory wasn't needed, but those have, in the past, not been terribly successful in the market.
I'm just wondering what the big deal is. These chips are available in automotive and military temperature range, but that doesn't automatically make 'em military devices. I find it interesting that this comes up now. Maybe they're waking up to the ever-present threat of cyber terrorism. It's about time! RE |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| have you seen this? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Backdoor access | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What's the big deal? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Crypto keys | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| High security chips | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| IP theft | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| as far as IP theft is concerned ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Its really | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Biggest problems is still processor copy-protection | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| so Mr Evil Hacker gets his keys | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Mr Evil Hacker is most definitely busy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Who writes that crap? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Don't think so much about modification as in extraction | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The people who write that crap... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
c'mon, Jez! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Never mind who writes it .... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Right on! | 01/01/70 00:00 |