[HN Gopher] SiFive Gives Its WorldGuard Security Model to the RI...
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       SiFive Gives Its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community
        
       Author : hasheddan
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2023-06-02 18:19 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | ipodopt wrote:
       | I believe this is equivalent to Intel SGX. Having this open
       | source is encouraging.
        
         | hasheddan wrote:
         | Not specifically talking about WorldGuard, but this video
         | comparing Intel SGX, Arm TrustZone, and RISC-V PMP is quite
         | good: https://youtu.be/MREwcSo0uz4
        
       | valianteffort wrote:
       | I'd like to get started with RISC-V chips. Can anyone reccommend
       | a good dev board similarly priced or spec'd to the Pi Pico? Would
       | be nice if the standalone SoC are easy to acquire as well.
       | 
       | Which is the best cost wise? Which is the best performance wise?
       | Power consumption wise?
       | 
       | I don't need WiFi/Bluetooth though it would be nice. Low cost is
       | preferrable over sheer performance. Ideally I get a fair amount
       | of GPIO (>30) and it supports 3V or 5V.
        
         | camel-cdr wrote:
         | I've been happy with my mango pi mq pro, but that might be more
         | powerful than what you are looking for. It's very similar to
         | the raspberry pi zero w.
        
         | hasheddan wrote:
         | I have really enjoyed the ESP32-C3
         | (https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs/esp32-c3)
         | 
         | I have written a few posts that may help you get started with
         | it: - https://danielmangum.com/posts/risc-v-bytes-exploring-
         | custom... - https://danielmangum.com/posts/risc-v-bytes-zephyr-
         | on-esp32/ - https://danielmangum.com/posts/risc-v-bytes-zephyr-
         | before-ma... - https://danielmangum.com/posts/risc-v-bytes-
         | semihosting-zeph...
        
         | anotherhue wrote:
         | https://takahirox.github.io/riscv-rust/
        
         | cwassert wrote:
         | Pine64 also has a RISC-V SBC. I like their products, but I did
         | not buy a Star64 yet.
         | 
         | https://pine64.com/product-category/star64/
        
           | freedomben wrote:
           | I don't know why this comment was dead. Pine64 is legit and
           | the Star64 looks like a viable option.
           | 
           | Anyone with experience on the Star64? I've had some rough
           | times in the past with Pine64 products, from boards dying to
           | the pinebook pro suddenly unable to boot from sd card. Better
           | documentation would have helped. I didn't have hours to comb
           | through forums and discords/matrices.
           | 
           | Still have a major warm place in my heart for Pine64 though,
           | and overall have felt like they're a good value.
        
         | genmud wrote:
         | WCH has a bunch of new ones that have come out recently, like
         | the CH32V003 and CH32V307 [1]. I would start there, they are
         | close enough and could probably run micropython since they have
         | some that have reasonable amounts of SRAM.
         | 
         | I think they are mostly looking to replace STM32s though.
         | 
         | [1] http://www.wch-ic.com/products/CH32V003.html
        
       | phendrenad2 wrote:
       | There seems to be a good explanation of WorldGuard here:
       | https://youtu.be/Pj4YHJjcjvI
        
       | exabrial wrote:
       | > In closed-source designs, the lack of access to information
       | acts as a barrier for adversaries
       | 
       | ROFL. Acts as a barrier for script kiddies, until the tool is
       | released on Reddit, then you're just screwt.
        
         | cassonmars wrote:
         | They further elaborate that security by obscurity is a poor
         | approach though
        
         | halayli wrote:
         | > RISC-V benefits from a lack of obscurity in this sense since
         | there is more visibility into the system design, resulting in
         | more known and addressed vulnerabilities and hence a more
         | robust system.
        
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