From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: secret stuff In-Reply-To: <20020616190522.D752119980@mail.cse.psu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 14:51:52 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: af664a4a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Richard Miller wrote: > Wow. This is what happens when you think out loud in 9fans. > > I think I was careful to say that smart cards were tamper-resistant > not tamper-proof. If my secstore lives on a PC it can be compromised > by anyone who happens along with a boot disk. If I keep it on a smart > card it will take a bit more work to get into. Depends on the smart card. They are -not- all equivalent. As to the extra work, agreed. -- ____________________________________________________________________ When I die, I would like to be born again as me. Hugh Hefner ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.open-forge.org --------------------------------------------------------------------