Re: An attack on paypal -- secure UI for browsers

2003-06-10 Thread Sunder
Yes, NOW if you can load yourself into kernel space, you can do anything and everything - Thou Art God to quote Heinlein. This is true of every OS. Except if you add that nice little TCPA bugger which can verify the kernel image you're running is the right and approved one. Q.E.D. Look at the

Re: Johns Hopkins Physics Lab System Detects Digital Video Tampering

2003-09-30 Thread Sunder
And what stops an attacker from taking that digital video, stripping off the RSA(?) signatures (I'll assume it's just signed), editing it, creating another, random, one time private key, destroying that private key after resigning it, and offering it up as unedited?!?!?!?! They've either

Re: Software protection scheme may boost new game sales

2003-10-11 Thread Sunder
Yawn... This is no different than any of the copy protection schemes employed in the 1980's on then popular home computers such as the commodore 64. Hindsight is 20/20 and recalls, all of these were broken within weeks if not months. Nibbler copiers and other programs were quickly built that

Re: Paying for drinks with wave br of the hand

2004-04-28 Thread sunder
R. A. Hettinga wrote: http://worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38038 WorldNetDaily Wednesday, April 14, 2004 YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE ... Paying for drinks with wave of the hand Club-goers in Spain get implanted chips for ID, payment purposes Posted: April 14, 2004 5:00 p.m.