Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 22:25:45 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Sean Kelly <kelly@plutotech.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring gets NIST FIPS 140-1 certification (fwd) Message-ID: <36199BC9.8B4BA146@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810051545070.15656-100000@picnic.mat.net> <36194931.975AA5AC@plutotech.com> <199810052353.RAA12302@mt.sri.com> <36195EF3.23B3260E@plutotech.com>
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Nate Williams quipped?
% Umm, quick question. What's to stop the burglar from taking your ring
% and using it to disarm your alarm?
Sean Kelly wrote:
> I'll try to put up a good fight. :-)
For you, Nate, I'd say Montana's (complete lack of) gun-control laws will
help. ;^)
% (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.
This would pretty much need to be a biometric device of some sort that
can measure stress *and* determine if the subject is living or dead.
Probably still slightly beyond the state of the art, but not more than
a few years out now.
I personally prefer the urinalysis login method, but it can get pretty
messy, and I'm told is much more embarassing for users with two Y
chromosones.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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