Making sure a program gets to the receiver intact

Lance Cottrell lcottrell at popmail.ucsd.edu
Thu Dec 22 12:07:56 PST 1994


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>On Thu, 22 Dec 1994 an169306 at anon.penet.fi wrote:
>> 2:  Someone breaking into my apt, sticking a keyboard monitor on, getting
>>     my passphrase and key.
>
>I'm quite concerned about that myself. Is there a way to tell if your
>computer has been tampered with? Assume that looking at the case doesn't
>do much good (they get by that easy), and if they want to hide the bug
>they can. Voltage monitoring?

You might consider putting the computer in a strong ventilated metal box,
and using some kind of wax or lead seal. It is unlikely that any black bag
team would have the right tools to cover any traces of tampering.
>
>> Pardon the anonymous ID, as my reputation with my REAL user id is not
>> so great.  (No, I am not Lance, but not that better off due to tons
>> of dumb mistakes with my regular ID on this list.)
>
>Ah. Glad you put in the "No, I'm not Lance" part. I was wondering when I
>read that paragraph. :)

Hey! hey! Nothing wrong with the name Lance. It is all a matter of the LAST
name.
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