Proposal for a Possum - Hardware
The following outlines a proposal to advance Possum as a hardware design competition.
This proposal assumes that the Software is set as CAcert's current software. This imposes a standard PC platform requirement on the hardware: OpenSSL, C, Linux or similar. Protocol and Interface may be varied at proposer's suggestion.
The design space is the hardware and physical security module, including the hardware interface, as "required".
- See
Possum for main information
Technology/Laboratory/Software/Possum for the developed design scope of the Software
Technology/Laboratory/Hardware/Possum for the developed design scope of the Hardware
Brain/Study/Possum/Hardware for the ongoing project concept (this page)
Timeline
Month
Activity
Comments
0
Secure initial funding
need enough to guarantee a venue, accomodation, management
0.5
Announcement
get the basics buzz going
1
Call for submissions, with announcement of date M12 and country.
Submissions of hardware designs need a year or so. Align date with University calendar?
2
Additional funding for travel grants
Need to bring in some groups
3
Acceptance of early submissions
need to establish some size of event
4
Additional funding for Jury
and prize if possible
6
Jury Selection
need funding to fly in jury
9
Final selection of submissions
need confirmation to team that they are "in" for flights & dates logistics
12
Event.
1 day, aligned with other event of say 2 days, need 4 nights accomodation times how ever many people
Submission
- Submissions in application (by M9) should include:
- - General Approach
- Submissions in the event should include:
- - General Approach
- - Threat model, being the list of threats that are analysed
- - Security Model, being the design to deal with the threats accepted
- - Implications on the rest of the system
- - Strengths and Weaknesses ?
- - Cost model. Estimate of how much it costs to build.
- - Constructed example(s).
Event
- Day 1. A full day of presentations should be held before the aligned conference. In this day, each team gets X minutes to present and Y minutes of questioning. Criticisms from other teams welcomed (obligatory!).
- Day 2. Jury debates in private.
- Day 3. Jury presents and awards, as scheduled event in conference.
Jury
- Selected in private negotiations. Require a leader who can get the team to work together and bring out the results.
Will require costs. Flights & accomodation.