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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:19:05 -0200
From:      Jorge Peixoto Vasquez <jorge@aker.com.br>
To:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   [Fwd: A wish and a dream...]
Message-ID:  <3A684CD9.A6B77B86@aker.com.br>

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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:24:03 -0200
From: Jorge Peixoto Vasquez <jorge@aker.com.br>
Organization: Aker Security Solutions
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To: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>
Subject: Re: A wish and a dream...
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James Wyatt wrote:
> 
> The iButton also has a CryptoKey which can hold actual passphrases or
> passwords intact until you give it a key. Maybe I also want the
> temperature when I authenticate... (^_^) The iButton stuff isn't hard to
> handle. It would be nice to have a PAM interface for it. - Jy@

More than just that. It can hold your private key and do the actual RSA
procesing if you have the password. By doing that, it ensures your key
is never copied. It is just like the normal crypto-smartcards like
CryptoFlex from Schlumberger (www.slb.com). 

jOrge

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Jorge Peixoto Vasquez, Elet. Eng.
Aker Security Solutions
Manufacturer of the FreeBSD/Linux Aker Firewall
http://www.aker.com.br
tel. +55 - 61 - 340 9083

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