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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    Re: Secret key versus obscurity
From:       Julian Assange <proff () suburbia ! net>
Date:       1995-11-23 13:11:38
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>   From a practical side: the 'firewalls' newsgroup mail is essentially
> indicating that, if you knew the algorithm and seed, you could hack my
> system. So where do you get the seed from? There are 2 places: the database
> (which, if that is successfully hacked, I'm in big trouble) or the card.
>  (I'll ignore the database hack for this mail.)

There is one other database that you are not thinking of. The databse at
SecurID. Now wouldn't it be funny if some hacker had managed to gain access
to that.

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