[104919] in Cypherpunks
Re: don't use passwords as private keys (was Re: Using a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Sat Oct 31 18:02:29 1998
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981030182933.008baae0@idiom.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 14:54:42 -0800
To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
From: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Steve Schear <schear@lvcm.com>
>If you're worried about RF noise, you have to assume the CPU or disk
>is also radiating enough for the spooks. On the other hand,
>that video camera in the ceiling can watch your keystrokes,
>but can't watch the CPU. That's when the paranoids worry about
>whether the KGB is sneaking in and copying their disk drive at night,
>and they start getting encrypted file system software. :-)
That's why some recommend that all secret e-mail be composed and encrypted
on a laptop while disconected from the AC mains, and better yet operated in
an open area (a park) or a place with lots of other electrical noise (a
mall).
--Steve
