On 7/13/06, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Also, a little crypto goes a long way: if you want good security, use
two or more pieces which will only provide the password if XOR'ed
together.
(More elaborate schemes are doubtlessly possible, including a scheme in
which, say, any two people can access all systems but no single person
can - in fact, I recall seeing such a system in Schneier[1].)
However, such a project would be quite impeded over the typical
freedom-loving attitude in the open source movement - it tends to
stretch to a profound, and not always unfounded, distrust of those with
power. See Stallman's documentation for su(1) for a particularly
well-known example.
Secret Sharing schemes.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/sharesecret/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/shsecret/
Enjoy.
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GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
