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From: Randolph Fritz <randolph@cyber-dyne.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] allow
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:18:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20000714171837.A3426@cyber-dyne.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200007141446.KAA17766@illustrious.cnchost.com>; from pip@namaste.stricca.org on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:51:21PM -0400

On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 02:51:21PM -0400, pip@namaste.stricca.org wrote:
> 
> The reason 'allow' is fine on the stand-alone file fileserver is because
> of physical security. Is it possibly to provide a similar facility in the 
> context of the general purpose system ? Maybe the use of smart cards
> might be a solution. At system configuration time, you config the 
> system to recognize the bearer of a particular card as the admin.
> 

This could be done relatively simply with Dallas Semiconductor's
iButton, which you can read about at <http://www.ibutton.com>.  The
gadget and its interface are quite inexpensive.  And they sell a
decoder ring version.  Really.

-- 
Randolph Fritz
Eugene, Oregon, USA


  reply	other threads:[~2000-07-15  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-07-14 18:51 pip
2000-07-15  0:18 ` Randolph Fritz [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-02-07  7:11 tapique
2005-02-07  7:31 ` Lucio De Re
2005-02-07 10:19   ` Heiko Dudzus
2005-02-07 10:57     ` Lucio De Re
2005-02-07  7:32 ` arisawa
2000-07-16 22:54 presotto
2000-07-17 15:11 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-07-17 21:14   ` arisawa
2000-07-14 14:18 rob pike
2000-07-15  0:25 ` arisawa
2000-07-15 16:20   ` arisawa

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