[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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 * component:  general => Ponies


Comment:

 The last time I checked a single production run at a semiconductor fab
 costed about 1 million USD (TSMC pricing mid-2000s, at 0.13 micron), and
 the initial yield was < 1%.  This is not anything remotely affordable.

 > there are no practical ways to hack into 100% signed hardware that is
 protected on the chip layer.

 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).

 http://sharps.org/wp-content/uploads/BECKER-CHES.pdf

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