Only problem is that cell phones have become so utterly complex (hosting several processors and a plethora of software components) that it will never become the trusted device that we once thought it could be...
Personal it is though.... Jaap-Henk On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:56:22 -0700 "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -- > Ian Grigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In the payments world we've known how to solve all >> this for some time, since the early 90s to my >> knowledge. The only question really is, have you got a >> business model that will pay for it, because any form >> of token is very expensive, and the form of token that >> is needed - a trusted device to put the application, >> display, keypad and net connection on - is even more >> expensive than the stop-gap two-factor authentication >> units commonly sold. > > Such a device sounds like a cell phone. > > > --digsig > James A. Donald > 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG > 5nMEZ3YWGEUKZWzEprv/E7vI+8j9jzBNX8GWiJiO > 4nb4BSDrVGLfq42fHktPRSAfFO3N0uGBnezGRNWrS > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Jaap-Henk Hoepman | I've got sunshine in my pockets Dept. of Computer Science | Brought it back to spray the day Radboud University Nijmegen | Gry "Rocket" (w) www.cs.ru.nl/~jhh | (m) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (t) +31 24 36 52710/53132 | (f) +31 24 3653137 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
