Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:31:22 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring gets NIST FIPS 140-1 certification (fwd) Message-ID: <19981008133122.24974@deepo.prosa.dk> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981006210902.006e987c@207.227.119.2>; from Jeffrey J. Mountin on Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 09:09:02PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810051545070.15656-100000@picnic.mat.net> <36194931.975AA5AC@plutotech.com> <199810052353.RAA12302@mt.sri.com> <36195EF3.23B3260E@plutotech.com> <36199BC9.8B4BA146@softweyr.com> <3.0.3.32.19981006210902.006e987c@207.227.119.2>
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Jeffrey J. Mountin writes:
> Retina scan maybe. Simple, less messy and what happens if it is 50
> below and you just can't go. Not sure the ladies would like the p-test either.
>
> Also what happens if someone steals a sample. For the truely paranoid. 8-)
Not so paranoid. Bruce Schneier evoked in his Cryptogram newsletter
the problems of physiological security systems: i.e.: you can change
your private key/password/id, but you can't change your fingerprints,
retina or DNA if someone steals the record...
=> passwords and secret keys are here to stay.
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-[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]-
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