begin quoting Carl Lowenstein as of Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 07:34:06PM -0700: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:32 PM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think the practical (cheap) solutions are (in order): > > > > 1. fob + shared secret (with all that hashing fun) > > 2. fob with selector button + N shared secrets > > 3. usb fob and copy-contents-of-the-file > > > > #2 with a little pushbutton or a scrollwheel and a two-line LCD display > > (machine name on one, hash subset on the other) seems to be the best > > balance of the given constraints. Make it a usb dongle so you can > > easily add additional machines (or remove old ones). > > Here is someone's hardware solution to a somewhat related problem: > > <http://www.digidesign.com/support/ilok>
Ah, a dongle! Hm... it requires drivers. :( I'm still more impressed by a device pretending to be a keyboard. -- Public key encrypting and timestamps, that's the ticket. Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
