Batboard

Hey guy I was just wondering what the current method for loading an AES hardware key.
I have a KVL3000 witch I have used it to load DES into XTS3000
Can I use my 3000 with a flash or purchase something new

Thanks
-Max

The 3000 isn't flashportable and does not support AES. You would need a KVL3000+ or KVL4000 with AES flashed in.

tvsjr wrote:The 3000 isn't flashportable and does not support AES. You would need a KVL3000+ or KVL4000 with AES flashed in.

The KVL3000 most certainly is flashportable. You use PCMCIA cards to add other algorithms (DES, DVP, DVI) and modes (ASN, ASTRO25) to the keyloader. While it is true it doesn't support AES, it most certainly is upgradable.

K8TEK wrote:

tvsjr wrote:The 3000 isn't flashportable and does not support AES. You would need a KVL3000+ or KVL4000 with AES flashed in.

The KVL3000 most certainly is flashportable. You use PCMCIA cards to add other algorithms (DES, DVP, DVI) and modes (ASN, ASTRO25) to the keyloader. While it is true it doesn't support AES, it most certainly is upgradable.

Yeah and it isn't cheap to do it either....be sure to hold onto your wallet.

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and KVL3000 upgrades were DISCO'd a LOOOONG time ago.

those upgrades went the way of the DODO as soon as the KVL3000+ came out.... "planned obsolescence"

no firmware or algo adds are available. period.


doug

Yeah, perhaps I should've stated that more clearly as "you can't flashport a KVL3K because the upgrades are gone". Easy on the pedantry, Tim.

I wonder how long it will be until the 3K+ upgrades are DCed, since the 4K is now out...

i dunno terry... there are a :o TON of 3k+'s in use today... many more than the 3k.

when the 3k came out... all it had over a T3011DX was the ability to load multi-algos.... so very few people upgraded their T3011's.


AES changed that game though... mainly due to that and CKR vice PID key storage....


the 3k+ is still an orderable item... so i would think it has 3-5 years minimum of upgrades remaining.



doug

Some of Moto's tactics of late have made me a bit more cynical than I was previously! It'll be interesting to see what happens once they get the bugs out of the KVL4000s (total hunks of junk, at least in current form)...

the 3k+ upgrades are still available, just ordered DVP-xL and ADP for mine. Of course like everything else from mother motorola they are not cheap.