>I do not believe the mentioned conflict exists. The aim of these >calculator-like devices is to make sure that no malware, virus etc can >create unauthorized transactions. The user should still be able to >debug, and inspect the software in the calculator-like device, or >virtual software compartment, just that installation of software or >upgrades into that area should be under direct explicit user control. >(eg with BIOS jumper required to even make any software change!)
In view of the number of people who look at an email message, click on an attached ZIP file, rekey a file password in the message, and then run the program in the file, thereby manually installing a virus, it's way too dangerous to let users install any code at all on a security device. R's, John PS: Yes, they really do. I didn't believe it either. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
