From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jun 18 22:26: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk (gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk [163.1.161.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1188F37B414 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:26:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 10003 invoked by uid 74); 19 Jun 2002 05:26:00 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.12 (sweep: 2.10/3.57. . Clear:. Processed in 0.714821 secs); 19 Jun 2002 05:26:00 -0000 Received: from dhcp1125.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.125) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 19 Jun 2002 05:25:59 -0000 X-Info-RBL1: ox.ac.uk filters email against various lists. X-Info-RBL2: If your replies bounce, try sending them to cperciva@sfu.ca Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.1.20020619062008.029dc740@popserver.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 06:25:54 +0100 To: Ryan Thompson From: Colin Percival Subject: Re: Password security Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020618230452.X74293-100000@ren.sasknow.com> References: <3D103A8A.2000503@pittgoth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 23:13 18/06/2002 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote: >The basic problem with public/private key encryption is the security >and installation of the private key. I don't expect users to be able >to properly secure their private key on insecure systems. I don't expect users to be able to properly guard against keyloggers on insecure systems, either. Colin Percival To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message