[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I can't dig up the memory, but I think I heard of a similar idea -- > random structure in transparent solid, difficult to copy -- used in > some kind of tag or seal for nuclear security. Can anyone remind me > what this might have been?
This isn't security -- this is a small-form-factor physical ROM. This "read-only data crystal". The fact that they cannot be duplicated easily just means that you cannot use these tokens for real data storage. Imagine if they _were_ replicable.. Imagine keeping a terabyte of backup data on one of these tokens! > Eli Brandt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~eli/ > (finished Ph.D., woohoo; looking for good work in the Seattle area) -derek PS: My Master's degree is from the Media Lab, so I can vouch for the fact that reasonable work is done there ... ;) -- Derek Atkins Computer and Internet Security Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ihtfp.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
