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Re: The Future of Security
From: Randy Witlicki <randy.witlicki () valley net>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:58:32 -0500
Damir Rajnovic wrote:
At 19:36 30/11/1999 -0500, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:I think many things will become appliances, as computers move into an ever-increasing household penetration. This will bring up new sets of problems. What if someone hacks your toaster oven? OK, that's probably not realistic, but what about Dreamcast, andI was unable to resist. There is, or rather, may be an implication of 'hacking a toaster'. Toaster may not be so good example but fridge is much better. Let us assume that fridge maintain time and date when door was opened last time. If one can hack into fridge and see that door was not opened for a several days one may assume that fridge owner is absent and one may attempt to break into a house.
Sun has come up with the "Jini" technology ( www.jini.org ) and to quote from the web page: " Jini connection technology provides simple mechanisms which enable devices to plug together to form an impromptu community -- a community put together without any planning, installation, or human intervention. Each device provides services that other devices in the community may use. These devices provide their own interfaces, which ensures reliability and compatibility. " And yes, it does have a security architecture. I believe it uses the Java 2 stuff (please don't throw rocks at this point unless you can cite specific points about Java 2) which use, among other things, digital certificates. But hey, if we can do a key exchange from our automobile to the stove in our kitchen, then I won't have to be saying "Yes dear, I'm sure the stove is turned off - trust me about this." - Randy -
Current thread:
- Re: The Future of Security Damir Rajnovic (Dec 01)
- Re: The Future of Security Randy Witlicki (Dec 02)
- Re: The Future of Security Don Helms (Dec 03)
- Re: The Future of Security David LeBlanc (Dec 06)
- Re: The Future of Security Don Helms (Dec 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: The Future of Security Crumrine, Gary L (Dec 01)
- RE: The Future of Security Randy Witlicki (Dec 02)
- RE: The Future of Security Eric Budke (Dec 03)
- RE: The Future of Security David LeBlanc (Dec 06)
- RE: The Future of Security Randy Witlicki (Dec 02)
- Re: The Future of Security Rick Smith (Dec 03)
- Re: The Future of Security David LeBlanc (Dec 06)
- RE: The Future of Security Scott, Richard (Dec 03)
- RE: The Future of Security Scott, Richard (Dec 05)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: The Future of Security Randy Witlicki (Dec 02)