Re: Off topic: Any one know of a good IPV6 reference book?

[Joshua Hill <josh-lists () untruth org>]

Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
> If crypto is the answer, what is the question?

David Wagner wrote:
> What can we do about all those friggin cleartext passwords?

Marcus J. Ranum responded:
> Good point!!!
>
> A lot of us were saying cleartext passwords were dead in
> the early 90s, but SSL and SSH have breathed new life
> into them; I bet we'll have them forever, now.  :(  Which
> means that keyboard sniffers will continue to rule.

And what would those sniff-resistant non-crypto based alternatives to
passwords be then?  Biometrics, perhaps? :->

Crypto has its part to play in system security; The central design
decision for crypto (just like any other security tool) is the engineering
decision of where to intelligently involve it.

                        Josh
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