Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:19:05 -0200 From: Jorge Peixoto Vasquez <jorge@aker.com.br> To: security@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: A wish and a dream...] Message-ID: <3A684CD9.A6B77B86@aker.com.br>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7B1ECD125F0EED4AB3750DA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------7B1ECD125F0EED4AB3750DA1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <3A6831E3.107AC569@aker.com.br> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:24:03 -0200 From: Jorge Peixoto Vasquez <jorge@aker.com.br> Organization: Aker Security Solutions X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> Subject: Re: A wish and a dream... References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101182342290.37417-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit James Wyatt wrote: > > The iButton also has a CryptoKey which can hold actual passphrases or > passwords intact until you give it a key. Maybe I also want the > temperature when I authenticate... (^_^) The iButton stuff isn't hard to > handle. It would be nice to have a PAM interface for it. - Jy@ More than just that. It can hold your private key and do the actual RSA procesing if you have the password. By doing that, it ensures your key is never copied. It is just like the normal crypto-smartcards like CryptoFlex from Schlumberger (www.slb.com). jOrge -- Jorge Peixoto Vasquez, Elet. Eng. Aker Security Solutions Manufacturer of the FreeBSD/Linux Aker Firewall http://www.aker.com.br tel. +55 - 61 - 340 9083 --------------7B1ECD125F0EED4AB3750DA1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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