Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:24:31 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing single user login w/o password Message-ID: <19981221132431.D10360@orcrist.mediacity.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpr9tte82x.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 06:08:38PM %2B0100 References: <199812211324.IAA27266@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <xzpww3lecjq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19981221085355.A10360@orcrist.mediacity.com> <xzpr9tte82x.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 06:08:38PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> writes: > > On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 04:32:09PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > Well, you can translate physical access to the computer into physical > > > access to a more manageable item, such as a Java ring, if you use some > > > kind of hardware device which strongly encrypts your disks and keep > > > the encryption key on the Java ring. > > Okay, it's 8:45 AM, and I'm still tired, but the first thing that came > > into my mind was an actual ring that one wears upon a finger. Then I > > wondered about using that as a physical security key. It would be > > easy to put a small chip or 2 in a ring; the reader could be sitting > > in a 5.25" slot until cases are specially built for the device, which > > would be plugged into the motherboard and prevent all input or > > somesuch mechanism until the chip is detected. > > Congratulations on your new invention! Though I'm afraid it's already > patented by Sun Microsystems :) Ain't I something? Damn, but that's cool. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter If I had finished this sentence mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the messagehelp
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