On 02/10/06 10:11 +0530, jtd wrote: > On Saturday 30 September 2006 22:05, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > > On 01/10/06 21:03 +0530, Rony wrote: > > > The RSA keyfob? It might be the first in India, but this has been a > > global standard for years. > > I thought it was a rolling code algo. The type used in automobile > security but with a display. Not too difficult to crack. After a few
No. These are hard to break, but they depend on the timestamps being synchronised (These _are_ one time passwords, after all). > numeric password grabs. Note the fob has no link to the pc. U just > press the key on the unit and it displays a number which u enter as > password. Correct. This is the primary reason for it being termed two factor authentication. If it was connected to the PC, a virus could simply hijack the connection. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
