when a fraud is a sale, Re: Rubber hose attack

[JohnE37179 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/01 11:28:57 AM, rick_smith at securecomputing.com writes:

<< then
you can only 'authenticate' between entities that share some
fairly complex secret information. Anything else can be spoofed
pretty easily.  >>

The information does not have to be secret at all. It can be open, but not 
capable of being duplicated. Could any of your friends fool your mother that 
they were you?

John



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