At 12:11 AM 4/29/02 +0200, Jan Dobrucki wrote: > >Greetings. >I got carried away a bit. Sorry. I'm on this list from around 1998 >and I never had so much trash in my mail before. There is far too >many ads, and what more, 5-6 viruses each day.
Subscribe via lne.com >I do have an idea thou. I'm thinking how to implement PGP into car >locks. And so far I got this: The driver has his PGP, and the door >has it's own. The door has only one reciepient, the driver. And when >he wants to enter the car, its sends a certain number to the driver >say "1234", or something else like letters and whatever. Only the >driver can decrypt the message and see the contents. Each time the >drivers wants to open the door its something else. Next the driver >inputs the text sent by the door into a touchpad on the door. The >door opens and the drivers can enter... so is it a good idea or a bad >idea? >Jan Dobrucki How do you say "smoking crack" in Polish? What does PK give you here? A simple stored secret, exchanged with the car physically (after authenticating self as owner) is necessary and sufficient. Use a rolling code/one-time-password protocol if you like. Lets you loan a key toa friend or valet without having to revoke a PK...
