From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 5 17:06:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA08407 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:06:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA08336 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 17:06:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kelly@plutotech.com) Received: from plutotech.com (tampopo.plutotech.com [206.168.67.161]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA07116; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 18:06:11 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <36195EF3.23B3260E@plutotech.com> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 18:06:11 -0600 From: Sean Kelly Organization: Pluto Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams CC: Chuck Robey , 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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Umm, quick question. What's to stop the burglar from taking your ring > and using it to disarm your alarm? I'll try to put up a good fight. :-) > (I contrast this with the alarms > ability to have a 'disarm but silent setoff setting' which disarms the > alarm by still calls in the calvary, which is used when you are in > distress... Good idea. Maybe there should be both the ring and a keypad; a special code can indicate distress. > (Or, am I just being truly paranoid...) You? Naaaah! > Nate - Who is looking for a good 'physical' security mechanism that > can't be easily forged by an outsider who gets physical access to you > and your computer. Good luck! --Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message