[tor-bugs] #17031 [Ponies]: hardware tor relay

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#17031: hardware tor relay
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     Reporter:  elypter  |      Owner:
         Type:  task     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Ponies   |    Version:
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Comment (by elypter):

 Replying to [comment:3 yawning]:
 > Is incorrect, in light of dopant-level subversion done at fabrication
 time. "Stealthy Dopant-Level Hardware Trojans" (Georg T. Becker, Francesco
 Regazzoni, Christof Paar, Wayne P. Burleson).
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 > http://sharps.org/wp-content/uploads/BECKER-CHES.pdf
 thats really sneaky but that doesnt have to be a forever unfixable

 Replying to [comment:4 cypherpunks]:
 > That's simply wrong. There are plenty of devices where the encryption
 has been broken, including smartcards and game consoles with very
 eloborate hardware lock-down mechanisms.
 but thats all consumer electronics plus there is a big difference. for
 those devices you only have to hack into one single device. if you hack a
 tor hardware box you would only get one relay out of it. besides that
 those chips came in normal plastic packages which can be dissolved with
 acid. if you added something that destroys the chip when it gets in
 contact with acid that would make it very hard to crack.

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