From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 5 21:26:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA27778 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:26:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA27735 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:26:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (wes@zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA11749; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:25:46 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <36199BC9.8B4BA146@softweyr.com> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 22:25:45 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean Kelly CC: Nate Williams , 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> <36195EF3.23B3260E@plutotech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message