Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:27:56 +0300 From: ark@eltex.ru To: wes@softweyr.com Cc: des@flood.ping.uio.no, Gregory@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru, Sutter@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru, <gsutter@pobox.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing single user login w/o password Message-ID: <199812221027.NAA03688@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <367E9E44.ADBB400A@softweyr.com> from "Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>"
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- nuqneH, Yep. Cool thing. Why Java, anyways? It will be better without it. Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> said : > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > > Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> writes: > > > > > > Okay, it's 8:45 AM, and I'm still tired, but the first thing that came > > > into my mind was an actual ring that one wears upon a finger. Then I > > > wondered about using that as a physical security key. It would be > > > easy to put a small chip or 2 in a ring; the reader could be sitting > > > in a 5.25" slot until cases are specially built for the device, which > > > would be plugged into the motherboard and prevent all input or > > > somesuch mechanism until the chip is detected. > > > > Congratulations on your new invention! Though I'm afraid it's already > > patented by Sun Microsystems :) > > Actually it is patented by Dallas Semiconductor, who makes them. Only the > Java techonology is owned by Sun. See http://www.ibutton.com/ for more > info. > > And yes, these little things are *very* cool. Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ {::} {::} {::} CU in Hell _| o |_ | | _|| | / _||_| |_ |_ |_ (##) (##) (##) /Arkan#iD |_ o _||_| _||_| / _| | o |_||_||_| [||] [||] [||] Do i believe in Bible? Hell,man,i've seen one! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNn90KqH/mIJW9LeBAQFf3wP/R3o4eSajPMbsU5pmaVFyuemmdSVXZdY6 vVLaX5MVshW3Ld0o20YNVOtQPx1k5krUVaB2+xJy+KWlZ12N7XmXH8FTb4U8WNZb Q1gXSt4nnRlZ0FsAqECRY97dUrgnzOqo5d5uCTWJiA7rYfaCozZ7UZtsi5ONhiES L64mk4pIeT8= =jypK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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