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Re:Technical feasibility of decrypting https by replacing th... by nawitus on Sunday July 14, 2013 @12:17PM (#6041265)
I think the Chinese Loongson MIPS-based processor is 'open hardware', but I can't confirm that with a quick Google search.
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Re:Technical feasibility of decrypting https by replacing th... by jevinskie on Sunday July 14, 2013 @02:02PM (#6041568)
But do you trust the fab to not insert a backdoor into the CPU? How could you know? An FPGA's generality complicates backdoors.
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