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Subject: Re: Tokens (was re: Security Policy)
From: nreadwin @ london . micrognosis . com (Neil Readwin)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:21:21 +0000 (GMT)
To: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <9511211548 . AA13738 @ karpov . fws . ilo . dec . com> from "Dermot Tynan" at Nov 21, 95 03:48:02 pm

Dermot Tynan writes:
> Each unit coming off the line has a unique electronic serial number (or
> seed) which makes it different from all the others.

You seem to be saying that if you knew the algorithm and the secret key
(ie the seed) then the system could be compromised.  Isn't that true of
any authentication system?
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