Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — talltower

talltower

HN member
Joined
Wed, Aug 10, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC
HN karma
92
Public activity
19 items

About talltower

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #12613957

    We thought long and hard about the type of platform we want to use for this project. While the x86 platform has many shortcomings, it also provides a big ecosystem of OS and SW, as…

  2. comment
    Comment #12613906

    Yes, HSMs are very expensive and after talking to a few people in this industry we got the impression, some of the ORWL features are not present in HSMs. Like the ability to Geo-lo…

  3. comment
    Comment #12613870

    We currently have a Spec temperature of triggering a 'freezing event" at just above freezing Temperature 33-35F.

  4. comment
    Comment #12613866

    We currently have a Spec temperature of triggering a 'freezing event" at just above freezing Temperature 33-35F.

  5. comment
    Comment #12613836

    Thanks for the correction. I was not sure at the time.

  6. comment
    Comment #12613791

    The current Intel chipset we selected does only support RAM up to a max of 8GB. We heard the Qubes users loud and clear and the request for 16GB RAM. We will only be able to offer …

  7. comment
    Comment #12613723

    We have built a list of hacks that we addressed and how. Please feel free to read up on all of these and more in our Product Description in the section "Potential attacks prevented…

  8. comment
    Comment #12613703

    I respect your opinion on this. We sought to build hardware that is a significant step up from what is available on the market today in terms of access control and tamper protectio…

  9. comment
    Comment #12613621

    Offline this SSD is protected with "AES 256-bit Encryption". Simple Brute force attempts would need WAY too long to make any sense. Does this answer your question?

  10. comment
    Comment #12608785

    Yes, physical access in most cases is a point of no GOOD return. That is why we emphasize so much on preventing this access. We have detailed the measures we have taken to prevent …

  11. comment
    Comment #12608762

    Yes, correct. We think we cover the cold boot vector. Here is a section from the product description. Security mesh physically protects DRAM from both freezing specific components …

  12. comment
    Comment #12608688

    We are actually talking about this. Thanks for your interest.

  13. comment
    Comment #12608680

    Correction. The temperature monitor is INSIDE the secure shell.

  14. comment
    Comment #12608674

    The SSD encryption key will only be deleted in case of a tamper event, NOT when the unit is moved. Tamper events are: * freezing the unit * drilling the secure enclosure or other w…

  15. comment
    Comment #12607837

    Let me state a section of our product description here, detailing the way we are approaching the "Evil Maids" USB volume boot blocked at BIOS, BIOS access controlled by security ke…

  16. comment
    Comment #12607786

    Thanks. We agree with your statement fully. We are raising the threshold of entry to your personal data substantially, but we are still far from perfection. We did a number of step…

  17. comment
    Comment #12607676

    ORWL will go in stand-by if the user is further than 10meters away from the device, if moved when away, it will shut down. If the hardware is tampered with, or chilled, the SSD enc…

  18. comment
    Comment #12607442

    Our long term plan is to limit ME capabilities using the BIOS configuration. We just released the SOW of the 1st BIOS with Eltan on the WiKi. https://www.orwl.org/wiki/index.php?ti…

  19. comment
    Comment #12262421

    This looks like an awesome product to protect sensitive data. Be it in the legal field, lawyers, ...