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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:18:37 ADT
bram (bram@gawth.com)
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:26:30 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 mgraffam@mhv.net wrote:
> it is important to note that viruses have yet (in my opinion) to be
> established as a threat to privacy and communications security. This is
> a key concept: the viruses that get found are mostly of the
> prankster/vandal variety. As I am sure most of us here have come to
> realize, viruses can potentially be deployed in a much more sinister
> manner.
>
> I'm waiting for the virus that spreads to crack 40-bit SSL.
I'd be more interested in seeing one which remained harmless until it
breached the security of a specific target company, then snarfed the root
password and posted it encrypted to a usenet newsgroup.
> Life would be easier if I could trust the networks I need to use. I've
> just resorted to carrying my notebook computer with me for doing things
> like S/key calculation, document signing and the like. There just isn't
> enough time in the day to mess around with the machines looking for
> keycopy.
And you're going to have to keep doing that. Whoever winds up controlling
the specialized hardware security dongle market is going to make a ton of
money.
-Bram
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:18:37 ADT