crypto question

[Jim Choate]

As someone who spent 5 years doing all the physical security for a major
university I can say that ALL physical systems can be broken. No
exception. The three laws of thermodynamics apply to security systems as
well. 

There is ALWAYS a hole.

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:

> It's not clear to me what having the human present accomplishes. 
> While the power was out, the node computer could have been tampered 
> with, e.g. a key logger attached.

> Who said you were allowed to lose power and stay secure? Laptops are 
> pretty cheap and come with multi-hour batteries.  There should be 
> enough physical security around the node to prevent someone from 
> "tripping" power.
> 
> One approach might be to surround a remote node with enough sensors 
> so that it can detect an unauthorized attempt to physically approach 
> it.


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