Felix wrote: > Just one more option to take in account for communications with pwsafe. I > remember[1] to some one direction communication (pc to mcu) using blinking > squares on a pc monitor (of course you can also use a mobile phone) and > ldr; it could be used to send info to pwsafe, and then confirm correctness > of data on device.
Hmm, the "modern" version of this would be a QR code. Needs a camera, though :) The most likely use case would be for selecting the account one is about to log in to. Once selected, one would type or send the password shown on the keyboard. > [2]: http://jsfiddle.net/WzE4G/1/ Cute :-) Alas, account selection may involve quite a bit of data. I tried a medium-sized URL and had a cramp in my fingers before the whole string was sent :) You'll also want some integrity check, a CRC-8 or similar, with an encoding that avoids long runs of white fields. Perhaps the account selection string could be shorter. What do Firefox and friends use for their password safes ? A cooperative selector construction could involve a registry. That would allow for very compact codes, e.g., 24 bits for the registrant organization, 8 bits for the service, 32 bits for the account, 8 bits for the CRC, and another 8 bits for framing. That's a total of 80 bits or 10 seconds - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
