diff --git a/chapter-hsms/chapter.tex b/chapter-hsms/chapter.tex index 71f8830..5d3115b 100644 --- a/chapter-hsms/chapter.tex +++ b/chapter-hsms/chapter.tex @@ -318,8 +318,19 @@ considered sufficient by manufacturers. \subsection{Mesh construction techniques} +We found that in almost all cases, practical tamper-sensing meshes are constructed using standard manufacturing +processes. In some card payment terminals, we found meshes that used slightly customized standard processes and e.g. +integrated a mesh layer produced in a carbon printing process into a membrane keypad, but customizations were minimal. +We only found one mesh manufactured in a bespoke process in the datacenter HSM appliance we examined, and that bespoke +process turns out to be a turnkey solution used by at least two HSM vendors. + \subsection{Mesh monitoring circuits} +We observed that in general, academic research leads before patent literature, which is ahead of actual implementations +in the field. Practical monitoring circuitry seems basic. Particularly the datacenter HSM appliance we examined showed a +contrast between a mesh manufactured in a bespoke process combined with a unsophisticated, discrete monitoring circuit +based around a number of voltage comparators. + \section{Conclusion} In our survey, we have found a wide variety in tamper sensing mesh construction techniques. Meshes are commonly