From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:28:37 +0800
To: ecarp@netcom.com
Subject: Re: new web security product
In-Reply-To: <199601161933.OAA10516@dal1820.computek.net>
Message-ID: <199601161948.OAA02322@jekyll.piermont.com>
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"Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin" writes:
> I wouldn't pass this along normally, but it seems to allow folks to use
> their credit cards at home securely.  Bye-bye, First Virtual... ;)
> 
> 	http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9601/encryption/index.html

I don't think its going to fly. No one wants to pay for an unneeded
$100 piece of hardware to encrypt the same credit card over and over
again, when a nearly zero marginal cost piece of software can do the
same thing.

Perry