From owner-freebsd-security Thu Oct 8 04:21:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA15215 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 04:21:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.net [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA15210 for ; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 04:21:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.254]) by mail.ftf.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8/gw-ftf-1.0) with ESMTP id NAA21119; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:25:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.ftf.dk: Host [192.168.100.254] claimed to be mail.prosa.dk Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id NAA08542; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:39:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id NAA28441; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:31:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19981008133122.24974@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:31:22 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Cc: FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring gets NIST FIPS 140-1 certification (fwd) References: <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e 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 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Phone: +45 3336 4148 Address: Ahlefeldtsgade 16, 1359 Copenhagen K, Denmark Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- The Internet is busy. Please try again later. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message