Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 01:15:07 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Pavol Adamec <pavol_adamec@tempest.sk> Cc: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A wish and a dream... Message-ID: <3A65548B.E3D7ADA4@softweyr.com> References: <3A641F3F.55AA9322@sarenet.es> <3A642174.9A7A8068@tempest.sk>
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Pavol Adamec wrote:
>
> Rainbow Technologies - iKey
>
> Paul.
>
> Borja Marcos wrote:
> >
> > I know the subject suggests an SPAM, but it isn't.
> >
> > It would be great to have a small gadget (for example, with
> > an USB interface) with the ssh private key stored, so that ssh used it
> > to authenticate instead of having to store the key in the disk.
> >
> > Is there anything commercially available?
The iKey looks great, but I've been told it has a known exploit (a hard-
coded keyphrase built into the hardware, or something like that.)
You could easily store a passphrase on a read/write iButton from Dallas
Semiconductor. They sell an experimenter's kit with a serial port reader
and an iButton for $10 or $12. The code to interface to it is in ports,
in /usr/ports/comms/mlan. See the URL references in the pkg-desr (or
pkg/DESCR) file there for more into.
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