From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 13:13:06 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Garage door openers
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At 9:34 PM 8/15/96, Douglas R. Floyd wrote:

>That is known for cars.  I double checked, and found some car alarms able
>to do this.  However, I have not found any house garage door openers able
>to pull this off.  Most still use the old blurt code method.
>

Sure, most garage door opener codes are easy to break....but how many
thieves who do this know to enter the _second_ correct sequence within 45
seconds, the one that stops the poison gas from filling the garage?

Steganographic entry codes have their uses.

--Tim May

(P.S. There were six (6) names copied on this post, besides CP. Can't we
edit the cc: lines? I try to, so why don't you all?)

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