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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:49
Bill Stewart (bill.stewart@pobox.com)
Mon, 01 Mar 1999 23:06:57 -0800
At 02:36 PM 3/1/99 -0800, Sameer Parekh wrote:
>> who wanted to clarify that while it's not the same security as a
>> crypto smartcard, it is basically as secure as a memory smartcard,
>
> Which it is, of course, not.
It's at least a better argument. A memory smartcard is pretty much
at the mercy of any computer you plug it in to, just like a floppy
with a hunk of software on it (or data for the software).
You can clone memory cards, and unless they're doing some sort of
read-only, you can write them.
On the other hand, memory smartcards just barely deserve the name smartcard;
anything with processing in it has some chance of defending itself,
which the Arcot software stuff doesn't.
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:49