[IP] Master Key Copying Revealed (Matt Blaze of ATT Labs)

[Faust]

> You are coming at this from a software/computer mindset that just isn't
> applicable to this sort of physical world security. 


Matt's paper was about _locks_.
In case you have forgotten, the title was "Cryptology and Physical Security: 
Rights Amplification in Master-Keyed Mechanical Locks".

To weakly criticize his paper because it did not talk about the cost of
fabrication or physical tolerances misses the point entirely.

There _are_ situations where information leakage is of concern.

I can imagine other applications of Matt's methods to other forms of
physical security.

In any case, it is intrinsically interesting 

In practice, social engineering is far easier to use to access secure premises.
Bribe a guard, go to bed with a person with access etc..
However, that is not the proper domain of a study of rights amplification.

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