From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: Arsen Ray Arachelian <rarachel@prism.poly.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-26 15:44:08 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 26 Jul 94 08:44:08 PDT
From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 94 08:44:08 PDT
To: Arsen Ray Arachelian <rarachel@prism.poly.edu>
Subject: Re: CYPHERPUNKS TO THE RESCUE
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C'punks,
On Tue, 26 Jul 1994, Arsen Ray Arachelian wrote:
>
> You'd need a clock on the garage controller....The garage opener
> would receive a signal from the remote, issue a challenge code based on a
> hash of the time/date + some random numbers. The remote would encrypt this
> hash with the owner's IDEA key and send back the response.
Am I missing something here? Why would you need a clock? What I had in
mind was something like:
1--The owner presses the "open" button on the remote.
2--The remote sends an "ask me" signal to the door unit.
3--The door unit transmits a random number in the clear.
4--The remote encrypts and signs the random number using
its unique private key.
5--The door unit decrypts and compares the numbers, using
the remotes public key.
6--If the numbers match, the door opens. QED.
Adjusting my flame retardant underwear,
S a n d y
P.S. For most car and garage doors, relatively short (32 bit?) keys
should be more than sufficient, I would think.
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