[ale] OT: Slightly, this affects all platforms and hit M$ hard.

Scott Castaline skotchman at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 16:49:47 EST 2012


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Mike,

You talking about this?
https://systdev.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showProductDetail?productId=12#4.%20%20LOK-IT-%20SDG003FM-%204GB%20FIPS%20Edition

I've been thinking about getting one of these and try use it as /boot
partition. There is a recommendation to use a stylus, like for a
tablet of smartphone, to poke the keys as they are kind of small and
could be a problem for people like me that tend to fat finger
something like that.



On 12/07/2012 11:42 AM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On 12/07/2012 09:36 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>> What's it going to take to stay ahead, Passphrases that take 15+ 
>> minutes to type?
>> 
>> The comment at /. says that M$ LM is now obsolete. No surprise
>> there.
> 
> The elimination of passwords.  The proliferation of cryptographic 
> identity modules (such as the USB-based Gemalto readers with GPG
> cards in them).
> 
> But then you have people who worry about this being used in
> negative manners by e.g., the government and cracker-types.  It's
> more secure, and yes, while it means that your private key would be
> tied to your identity, at least it's a lot harder to forge!  All
> you then have to do is keep a four to six digit PIN remembered, and
> if your identity is stolen after a configurable number of tries,
> perhaps 3, perhaps 10, the unit fries itself and all the data on
> it, assuming attempted compromise.
> 
> Keys are the only way to stay secure.
> 
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