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1998-04-28 - Re: Schneier on Smartcards and Holding Secrets

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: David Honig <honig@alum.mit.edu>
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Reply To: <3.0.5.32.19980427094340.007b3500@otc.net>
UTC Datetime: 1998-04-28 01:53:46 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:53:46 -0700 (PDT)

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 18:53:46 -0700 (PDT)
To: David Honig <honig@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Schneier on Smartcards and Holding Secrets
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On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, David Honig wrote:

> 	
> Bruce wrote a short letter to a trade mag (Internet world? I've
> lost it since) worth reporting.  The jist was, if a smartcard
> contains Bank Secrets but is held by customers which do not
> share the same goals/responsibility as the owner of the secrets, this is 
> *poor security design*.

No kidding. Duh.

-- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
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