[117610] in Cypherpunks
Re: Build a better OTP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Tue Sep 7 02:15:38 1999
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:00:14 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909070600.IAA12207@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Rabbit Wombat writes:
> I would trust the hardware on a 486 or early pentuim running BSD or Linux.
> Anything beyond that is getting iffy.
>
> "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there's no one out to get you."
>
> Remember a certain Swiss crypto gear manufacturer? Biggest score the NSA
> ever pulled off. Way better than the Xerox story that's been floating
> around the last few days.
>
> -r.w.
And so the tinfoil helmet brigade enters the debate...
You know, Rabbit, the comment about trusting your CPU was meant to be a
reductio ad absurdum. The point is, it is absurd to raise paranoia to
the point that you suspect a back door in the RNG chip, if you're not
going to be equally concerned about all the other components you are
forced to trust.
So, Rabbit, you're going to stick with good ol' 1996 hardware, forever?
What a great plan. And it's only going to get better with time. Fine
computers, like fine wine...
Why not go grab a 1980 vintage Apple ][ and a 300 baud modem and enjoy
your computing environment? That will give you an idea of how badly
you'll be crippled in another decade or two.
