On Tue, 02 Dec 2003, Tom wrote: > I think the DD's should seriously think about requiring smartcards. > It would have prevented the proxmiate cause of our recent troubles.
Smartcards are not a magical panacea either. The problems associated with them aren't too terribly different from those associated with keys or other forms of physical security, notably, that they can be stolen, or the output from them duplicated. Refer to the ongoing saga between DirectTV and satelite pirates for a trivially applicable example. From my perspective, Smartcards do little to raise the bar. They merely move the bar sideways. Don Armstrong -- THERE IS NO GRAVITY THE WORLD SUCKS -- Vietnam War Penquin Lighter http://gallery.donarmstrong.com/clippings/vietnam_there_is_no_gravity.jpg http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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