From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 21 13:24:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26832 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:24:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orcrist.mediacity.com (orcrist.mediacity.com [208.138.36.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26813 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:24:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter@orcrist.mediacity.com) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by orcrist.mediacity.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13589; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:24:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter) Message-ID: <19981221132431.D10360@orcrist.mediacity.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:24:31 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing single user login w/o password References: <199812211324.IAA27266@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <19981221085355.A10360@orcrist.mediacity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 06:08:38PM +0100 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 06:08:38PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Gregory Sutter 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 message