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# Tillitis Key 1
## Introduction
Tillitis Key 1 is a new kind of USB security token. All of its
software, FPGA logic, schematics, and PCB layout are open source, as
all security software and hardware should be. This in itself makes it
different, as other security tokens utilize closed source hardware for
its security-critical operations.
What makes the Tillitis Key 1 security token unique is that it doesnt
verify applications, it measures them (hashes a digest over the
binary), before running them on its open hardware security processor.
Each security token contains a Unique Device Secret (UDS), which
together with an application measurement, and an optional
user-provided seed, is used to derive key material unique to each
application. This allows users to build and load their own apps, while
ensuring that each app loaded will have its own cryptographic
identity. The design is similar to TCG DICE. The Tillitis Key 1
platform has 128 KB of RAM. The current firmware design allows for
applications up to 64 KB with a 64 KB stack.
![Tillitis Key 1 PCB, first implementation](doc/images/mta1-usb-v1.jpg)
*Tillitis Key 1 PCB, first implementation*
## Documentation
* [System Description](doc/system_description/system_description.md)
* [Threat Model](doc/threat_model/threat_model.md)
* [Framing Protocol](doc/framing_protocol/framing_protocol.md)
* [Boards](hw/boards/README.md)
* [Firmware](hw/application_fpga/fw/mta1_mkdf/README.md)
* [Toolchain setup](doc/toolchain_setup.md)
* [Quickstart](doc/quickstart.md) to program the Tillitis Key 1
* [Release Notes](doc/release_notes.md)
Note that development is ongoing. For example, changes might be made
to the measuring and derivation of key material, causing the
public/private keys of a signer app to change. To avoid unexpected
changes, please use a tagged release. Read the [Release
Notes](doc/release_notes.md) to keep up to date with changes and new
releases.
Applications and host programs that communicate with the apps are kept
in this repository: https://github.com/tillitis/tillitis-key1-apps
## About this repository
This repository contains hardware, software and utilities written as
part of the Tillitis Key 1 project. It is structured as monolithic
repository, or "monorepo", where all components live in one
repository.
The repository follows the [OpenTitan
layout](https://docs.opentitan.org/doc/ug/directory_structure/).
## Licensing
See [LICENSES](./LICENSES/README.md) for more information about
the projects' licenses.