- From: Scott Elcomb <psema4@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:22:31 -0400
- To: "Goss, Brian C., M.D." <Goss.Brian@mayo.edu>
- Cc: "David I. Lehn" <dil@lehn.org>, Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>, Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Goss, Brian C., M.D.
<Goss.Brian@mayo.edu> wrote:
> Can one ever really trust their own systems? In the post NSA revelation world, can we even trust our hardware?
Not unless you design and build everything - the hardware and software
- yourself. It would be a considerable (yet remarkably rewarding)
undertaking.
I'd put away a minimum* of $5,000, 5-10 years and a dedicated room (to
hide all the boards, racks & wiring in ;-) for a project this size.
In the end it's not at all practical**, but it is possible.
Best Regards,
- Scott
* For context, I've been at this for a couple decades now; relevant
past-projects include having designed & breadboarded a custom CPU,
designed a couple motherboards (6502/8502) and written an OS for PC
(entirely in assembly) for fun. Ditto a couple IDE's, several
toy-language compilers and interpreters and an old-school TV gaming
console (think Atari 2600 era)
** Regarding hardware, if there were such a thing as an IC printer
(think 3D printer for chips) then it might become a bit more
practical: Design an FPGA and do the rest in software. In essence,
FPGA's can be programmed to operate as if they were another chip (say
a CPU or UART).
--
Scott Elcomb @psema4
http://psema4.com/pubkey.txt
http://www.pirateparty.ca/
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