Why not keep the "ThinAir" concept, and use an optically-isolated link? A one-way connection: just like your floppies... On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Dianelos Georgoudis wrote: :Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 22:20:29 -0600 :From: Dianelos Georgoudis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :Subject: Is a serial cable as good as thin air? : : : We are installing home banking systems where the Internet Server : is separated from the bank's computer center by air. Data is moved : periodically back and forth using low tech but dependable floppy : disks that carry only encrypted data (the principle of red/black : separation is implemented by loading only encrypted data on the : server). This "air-wall" is an effective way to stop hackers from : penetrating the bank's computer center using its Internet : services. This works quite well with services such as users' : credit-card queries. : : Now, we have a potential client insisting on on-line transaction : capability. One possible solution is to connect the Internet : server with a PC on the bank's private network using a serial : cable. We would write our own transmission protocol. The PC : working on the bank's network would run a memory resident program : that services the serial port and will discard any blocks that do : not decrypt properly or have an invalid structure (only blocks : that decrypt into the correct data structure would be processed at : all). Here is the question: Is this as good as thin air? Can you : see any way a hacker could use such a connection to penetrate the : bank's network? : : :Dianelos Georgoudis :email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :http://www.tecapro.com : : Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- If the Government wants us to behave, they should set a better example!
Re: Is a serial cable as good as thin air?
Missouri FreeNet Administration Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:01:25 -0500
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