On Tuesday 08 October 2002 10:11 pm, it was said: > Microsoft marries RSA Security to Windows > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/27499.html
[...] > The first initiatives will centre on Microsoft's licensing of RSA SecurID > two-factor authentication software and RSA Security's development of an RSA > SecurID Software Token for Pocket PC. And here, I thought that a portion of the security embodied in a SecurID token was the fact that it was a tamper-resistant, independent piece of hardware. Now M$ wants to put the PRNG out in plain view, along with its seed value. This cherry is just begging to be picked by some blackhat, probably exploiting a hole in Pocket Outlook. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
