On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Tomas Wolf wrote:
> I would like to note a little about the security of 4 digit pin... I > believe that author wanted to point out that thanks to the fact, that > you can't try the 4 digit number more than three times at a time - which > makes it a pretty strong system, not that 4 digit is a strong password. I saw a paper a few months back that claimed you'd need something like 15-24 tries to get a password, due to problems with the PIN algorythm. Oh, and insider access. Very minor detail :D http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29425.html actual paper link is at: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/TechReports/UCAM-CL-TR-560.pdf Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
