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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 23:24:53 -0800
At 03:14 AM 3/2/99 -0400, Dave Del Torto wrote:
>BTW, my subsequent peek at Arcot seems to indicate that it indeed has
>some merit if marketed/sold properly, so I feel slightly warmer and
>fuzzier about them if they fixed their website's claims re
>smartcards. What's that URL?
They're at http://www.arcot.com/ .
>BTW, I'd like to reiterate that I think Lucky had every reason to
>challenge those claims at the meeting: I agreed with the content (if
>not the tone) of his remarks 100%.
Yeah - it was also interesting in the context of Ian's talk on
using PalmPilots and other things with displays and input-devices as
the right way to handle authentication, and Martin's talk on ibuttons.
>I'd like to see them reformed and made acceptable: I don't think
>anyone should be cast on the dung-heap for a marketing error, though
>anyone who crosses the snake-oil line fully deserves the Cypherpunks
>Stink of Death and all the wonderful "negabucks" it can mean for
>their bottom line. (Can you say "JAWS?" ;)
Unfortunately most of the people in serious snake-oil territory
aren't interested in reforming :-) (Can you say PPTP...)
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