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Re: Lock business practices "security-by-obscurity" for 150 years
From: Georgi Guninski <guninski () guninski com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:27:58 +0200
Richard M. Smith wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/business/23LOCK.html?pagewanted=print& The technique is not news to locksmiths, said Lloyd Seliber, the head instructor of master-key classes for Schlage, a lock company that is part of Ingersoll-Rand. He said he even taught the technique, which he calls decoding, in his training program for locksmiths. "This has been true for 150 years," Mr. Seliber said. Variations on the decoding technique have also been mentioned in passing in locksmith trade journals, but usually as a way for locksmiths to replace a lost master key and not as a security risk.
Richard, you seem to be smoking something bad today.If you look at your trollish analogy, from the quote above you will see that such problems are disclosed "in locksmith trade journals" at least.
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