On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 04:41:47PM +0100, Rob Church wrote:
On 31/08/06, Jay R. Ashworth <jra(a)baylink.com>
wrote:
On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 12:05:16AM +1000, Tim
Starling wrote:
Still the
secret is there and it can be leaked, subpoenaed or
just plain be sent out by a SNAFU.
Store the secret on flash memory embedded on a chip with a
standalone processor, like a smart card. Have the processor do the
hashes itself, don't provide any interface to obtain the secret.
Put the processor in a box with a tamper switch and a small
incendiary device, nothing but a serial line leading out. Easy.
Thank you, Tim.
I needed a laugh to start my morning. :-)
I thought it was a nice whimsical response to the thread. But Tim,
you forgot the armed guards and the obvious but overlooked loophole
which allows Tom Cruise and his unwashed hippie minions to retrieve
the secret in Mission Impossible IV: Project Xenu.
Two! Two laughs, ha, ha, ha, ha...
Cheers,
-- jra
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