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Subject: Re: ADDENDUM: Brief report on Firewalls BoF from Networld+Interop, Las Vegas
From: joshua geller <joshua @ dee . retix . com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 20:26:23 -0800
To: avalon @ coombs . anu . edu . au
Cc: avolio @ tis . com, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199503310201 . SAA17658 @ miles . greatcircle . com> (message from Darren Reed on Fri, 31 Mar 1995 11:59:28 +1000 (EST))

>   Whilst one-time keycards are nice, ones such as S/Key are also "dangerous".

>   If you're attending a conference (and have a name tag), or travelling,
>   you're going to take your s/key list or other with you...whilst the
>   security seems well and good, it does, however, reduce the skill required
>   to get `in' to somene who is good at picking pockets...and what do you do
>   if you `lose' your `card' ?  Can you call back to work, 24 hours a day and
>   report it missing ?

you could keep your s/key list encrypted on a laptop.

then they'd have to have you alone for some practical torture.

anyone wants into your network that bad has bribed the janitors
or security already.


josh


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