solving the wrong problem
Peter Fairbrother
zenadsl6186 at zen.co.uk
Sun Aug 7 21:21:55 EDT 2005
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> Frequently, scientists who know nothing about security come up with
> ingenious ways to solve non-existent problems. Take this, for example:
>
> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=00049DB6-ED96-12E7-AD9
> 683414B7F0000
>
> Basically, some clever folks have found a way to "fingerprint" the
> fiber pattern in a particular piece of paper so that they know they
> have a particular piece of paper on hand.
Didn't the people who did US/USSR nuclear arms verification do something
very similar, except the characterised surface was sparkles in plastic
painted on the missile rather than paper?
--
Peter Fairbrother
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