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From: William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] pop3 before smtp
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:59:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030711155959.GA3136@wilbur.25thandClement.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F0ED4B3.4B140151@princeton.edu>

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:16:03AM -0400, Martin Harriss wrote:
<snip>
> But now these cards become bearer instruments.  You steal the card, you
> have access.  Methinks you need at least a PIN to validate the card.
>
> Martin

yes, but you *know* when you're card is gone. often there isn't even a
hint that somebody has _stolen_ your password.

i certainly don't think these cards are a panacea. you can strip the casing
w/ acid and trace the on-board chips and _steal_ the private key. but for
the forseeable future this behavior is significantly mediated by time and
physical constraints, which at the very least can give me a warning that the
card cannot be trusted anymore.

i would personally frown on any singular dependence by a government on the
technology, because of your point, and also the corollary that the more
valuable they become, the quicker the bad guys will develop the ability to
copy/replace them.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-11 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-07 12:05 [9fans] verifying CD vs. iso image pac
2003-07-07 13:39 ` [9fans] pop3 before smtp Kenji Arisawa
2003-07-09  0:49   ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-07-09  1:16     ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-09  1:24       ` Dan Cross
2003-07-09  1:58         ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-09  1:36       ` Scott Schwartz
2003-07-09  1:54         ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-09  5:05           ` Kenji Arisawa
2003-07-09  7:21             ` Fco.J.Ballesteros, nemo
2003-07-09  7:39               ` Kenji Arisawa
2003-07-09  7:56                 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-07-09  8:29                   ` Kenji Arisawa
2003-07-09  9:07                     ` Kenji Arisawa
2003-07-10  4:02             ` Russ Cox
2003-07-10 19:18               ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-07-10 19:24                 ` David Presotto
2003-07-10 19:38                   ` David Presotto
2003-07-10 19:49                     ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 20:09                       ` William Ahern
2003-07-10 21:21                         ` Scott Schwartz
2003-07-10 21:50                           ` Dan Cross
2003-07-10 21:56                             ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-11  0:02                             ` David Presotto
2003-07-11  0:09                               ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-11  0:23                                 ` David Presotto
2003-07-11 15:03                                 ` William Ahern
2003-07-11 15:16                                   ` Martin Harriss
2003-07-11 15:59                                     ` William Ahern [this message]
2003-07-12  0:51                                     ` Bruce Ellis
2003-07-11 10:44                               ` matt
2003-07-11 14:46                             ` William Ahern
2003-07-12 23:58                               ` C H Forsyth
2003-07-11  8:52                           ` bs
2003-07-11  9:18                             ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 19:51                     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-07-10 20:01                       ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 20:20                         ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-07-10 19:33                 ` George Michaelson
2003-07-10 19:44                   ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-07-10 22:02                   ` Geoff Collyer
2003-07-10 22:14                     ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 23:11                       ` Geoff Collyer
2003-07-10 23:26                         ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 23:38                           ` Geoff Collyer
2003-07-10 23:48                             ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 23:56                               ` David Presotto
2003-07-11  0:03                                 ` boyd, rounin
2003-07-10 22:23                     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2003-07-07 16:58 ` [9fans] verifying CD vs. iso image David Presotto
2003-07-07 20:46   ` boyd, rounin

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