[46178] in Cypherpunks
Re: Australian "calculatorcard"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sun Dec 31 10:27:12 1995
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: Alan.Pugh@internetMCI.COM (amp)
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 09:59:25 -0500 (EST)
Cc: C.deGroot@inter.nl.net, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <01HZFQH4O0R695OXTW@MAIL-CLUSTER.PCY.MCI.NET> from "amp" at Dec 30, 95 11:48:45 pm
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
> sounds like the card i use for remote dialup to certain non-public
> systems i use at work. it has a six digit number on the front that
> changes every 60 seconds.
Do these card systems use a window to handle clock-slip?
I'd think you could have the server safely accept # N, N-60 sec, and
N+60 seconds; and adjust the server's idea of your card's clock speed
from that.
What new risk would that create?
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