Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:15:16 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing single user login w/o password Message-ID: <367E9E44.ADBB400A@softweyr.com> 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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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> writes: > > > > 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 :) Actually it is patented by Dallas Semiconductor, who makes them. Only the Java techonology is owned by Sun. See http://www.ibutton.com/ for more info. And yes, these little things are *very* cool. -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the messagehelp
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