> > I think you guys have lost track of the whole purpose of the Turing > > number. It is to prevent automated trials by ensuring that a human > > being is there. What you are proposing amounts to an additional or > > longer passphrase and in no way excludes automated trials any more > > than the simple number now being used.
As Mr. Van den Berghe demonstrated, it's much more difficult to crack than a longer passphrase. If someone catches your keystrokes, they can obtain your passphrase, but if someone watches you respond to a 'turing query', they won't be able to easily figure out the algorithm being used to respond to it. Eric Hollander demonstrated a crypto-card once, which gave a cryptic response to a numerical query. In order to access his website, you had to plug in a six digit number generated by the website, and then respond with a numerical answer generated by the crypto-card. Using a passphrase, and the crypto-card, the security was incredibly high. You had to have the passphrase and the crypto-card to get in. E-Gold needs this. SnowDog --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
