(Fwd) Re: GPS-based authentication (response)

As many of you will remember, I wrote last week to Dorothy Denning and Peter McDoran, describing some of the reservations expressed on the cpunk list concerning their 'cyberlocator' scheme. They've both responded, but not in a terribly helpful form. Denning wrote back quickly to say that she was going out of town, and that her colleague would respond. MacDoran took 6 days to reply, and then only to say that if my employer entered into a non-disclosure agreement with ISR Inc, then all my concerns "would be addressed". I wrote back to MacDoran, suggesting that open disclosure of their techniques would build confidence in their product, and requesting permission to repost his letter to the cpunk list. He has not responded after 24 hours. Peter Trei ptrei@acm.org Peter Trei Senior Software Engineer Purveyor Development Team Process Software Corporation http://www.process.com trei@process.com

"Peter Trei" writes:
Denning wrote back quickly to say that she was going out of town, and that her colleague would respond.
MacDoran took 6 days to reply, and then only to say that if my employer entered into a non-disclosure agreement with ISR Inc, then all my concerns "would be addressed".
I wrote back to MacDoran, suggesting that open disclosure of their techniques would build confidence in their product, and requesting permission to repost his letter to the cpunk list. He has not responded after 24 hours.
Perhaps they are worried about public disclosure adversely impacting their impending merger with the guys who make Power OTP. .pm
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Perry E. Metzger
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Peter Trei