Cryptography: Add hardware-accelerated hashing support

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
c

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Flight-Computer-Firmware issue 191 and the STM32 hardware-accelerated hashing option. Identify how this driver should expose secure hashing for the future telemetry subsystem; the work is done when the supported hardware path and its integration requirements are established.

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Description

enhancement

Requester: @ETSells

Describe the solution you'd like
In order to implement a future security measure for the telemetry subsystem, we need a method to compute a secure hash that is difficult to get a collision on. Doing this in software would be unreasonably slow, so we should figure out how to use the hardware accelerated option provided by STM32.

Describe alternatives you've considered
See https://github.com/SunDevilRocketry/Flight-Computer-Firmware/issues/191.

Additional context
N/A (will link a telem issue soon)

Points of Contact
Telemetry & Security SME: @ETSells

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C
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