Austin Lesea wrote:
> Jim,
>
> No, I have not cracked the Altera chip. I have received emails from
> schools and universities who wish to crack it. These are the same
> schools that have published successful smart card attacks.
>
> My quote of $5,000 is what we pay to have a device ground down on the
> backside such that we can do analysis on a device.
>
> For another $5,000, one can get up to three or four FIB cuts, and a
> couple of jumper wires.

...and here, you are still a long way from 'get at the IP'.. ?
- and rather a world away from your earlier sweeping claims...:

<paste classic Austin Arm Waving : >
> To have a press release that touts a "superior security solution" is the
> worst of the worst marketing. To claim to be able to protect IP from
> ASSP vendors is quite honestly, false and misleading. If I can get the
> IP that is a secret for less than $5,000, then I can clone the devices
> without paying anything at all.

No, wait, I _can_ see a false and misleading claim

If you are going to rail against Altera, surely it helps to keep your
credibility intact ?

-jg