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v-go by passlogix?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Wed May 3 16:47:40 2000
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Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 01:36:02 -0700
From: Alan Olsen <alano@pcx.ncd.com>
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Does anyone here have knowledge about a product called V-Go by a company
called Passlogix?
It is supposed to ask as a "passport" program to web sites. It claims to use
128 bit blowfish as the encryption algorithm and use graphically based
passphrase.
The graphically based passphrase seems to lack enough entropy, but I have not
examined it in detail yet. It is claimed to be used by a number of big-name
e-commerce sites, including US Bank and others.
Something makes me think that there is some form of snake-oil involved, but I
cannot prove it.
Any comments? Information? Rabid speculation? (No wait, that is
Cypherpunks...)
