On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 09:29:21AM -0700, James A. Donald wrote: > Is there a phone that is programmable enough to store secrets > on and sign and decrypt stuff?
Er, it has been a while since you bought a new mobile, right? About all of them have several MBytes memory, and run Java. Some Motorolas run Linux. The better smart phones are pretty beefy PDAs. > The ideal crypto device would be programmed by burning new > proms, thus enabling easy reprogramming, while making it > resistant to trojans and viruses. The problem with modern mobiles that their security is of the cargo cult/snake oil variety. Only a question of time before the first MMS worm wipes out all Nokias, or something. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net
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