Anyone know anything about these guys? (www.vaultid.com). They
are trying to implement one-time credit card numbers on devices
you take with you - initially cell phones and PDA's, eventually in
a credit card form factor. The general idea seems good, but their
heavy reliance on fingerprint
A knowledgeable colleague (but who is nevertheless not a crypto expert)
thinks he's seen something about Typex (the WW II British rotor
machine) having been cracked. Does anyone know anything about that? A
quick Google found nothing of the sort, but did find references showing
that it was used
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Leichter, Jerry wrote:
well be prior art, but the idea of erasing information by deliberately
discarding a key is certainly not completely obvious except in
retrospect. If you look at any traditional crypto text, you won't
Hmm - it is commonly mentioned that (early)
