Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 04:07:27 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org> Cc: Richard Ward <mh@homenetweb.com>, Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Safe SSH logins from public, untrusted Windows computers Message-ID: <3C97FCEF.6050304@nisser.com> References: <20020319175854.N14039-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org>
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Matt Piechota wrote: > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Roelof Osinga wrote: > >> ... > > The only problem I see is keyboards being different. I personally type > much quicker on IBM101 (the old-school ones) than my laptop. > Maybe, maybe not. I'm thinking candence here. Like an autograph will still be personal because of pressure and relative acceleration and stuff (yep, did not really pay attention that time :), so could typing be thanks to ones rhythm. Too bad keyboards don't come with (gradient) pressure sensitive key ;). Yet. Still... if it ain't got that (i.e. your) swing, it don't mean a thing! The absolute speed might differ wildly, but would the same hold for the relative interkey speed patterns? As long as we're not talking dvorak, german, french or whatever key layouts ones typing rhythm should be more or less equal. Just sped up or slowed down a bit, is all. But if it is feasible then all passwords, or rather usernames as first line of defence, could be one-pass. Just select a random sentence out of some some suitable volume and ask for it to be typed in. Roelof -- _______________________________________________________________________ eBOAź est. 1982 http://eBOA.com/ tel. +31-58-2123014 mailto:info@eBOA.com?subject=Information_request fax. +31-58-2160293 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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