-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 02:49 PM 03/3/96 EST, dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis) wrote:

"A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com> writes:

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Those of you who follow FIREWALLS may recall that I premote the use of "minefields" on networks, machines that should never be accessed and will trigger an alarm/response on any access.

Some years ago I wrote a spec for cryptographic securing of notebooks/ E-Mail that included a "duress" capability: a "password" that, when entered would appear to be properly accepted but would report an error on retrieval. Optional was to be overwriting of any material whose access was attempted.

As a side remark, every burglar alarm connected to a phone that I've ever seen has this feature: a code that one can type under duress that will both turn off the alarm and call for help. I wonder how many users will remember this code when under duress.

Many (if not most) alarm companies make the duress code the *reverse* of the normal code. Dave Merriman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMTlEzsVrTvyYOzAZAQG9sAQAjfAQP6pEReh/vzx/dsJKU987FOMbqWgV Ik/NtzW7fRRzVYmruribT1ZtPQAcPTkdORZC22xHvk82E/m9Awv9q6Zhkbd29/TQ kcLQ42G3ddcUMA7EWtWtP231tofnyQtM5M7KRdIkKyT7oZdyXgjP42mysjGNDHAy wv2VcfiPwPQ= =fc6C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." P. J. O'Rourke (b. 1947), U.S. journalist. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> For privacy tools: http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/1148