From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 13:45:29 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Cynthia H. Brown" <cynthb@sonetis.com>
Subject: Re: Black box attacks (was Re: Crypto-Dongel)
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At 12:35 PM 4/9/97 -0400, Cynthia H. Brown wrote:
>If you're trying to destroy a standard IC, why don't you just hook up the
>power and ground pins to a 120V AC outlet? 

You are unlikely to have AC in a system by the time the tamper detector
senses an intrusion. Similar problems apply to arcs and anything based on
discharging a large capacitor.





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