[E-Lang] Re: Pet Extensions and such (was: what is good about E?)

[Ben Laurie]

shap@cs.jhu.edu wrote:
> 
> Ken Kahn wrote:
> 
> > I was just thinking about how cars and homes with locks will be much more
> > usable once they are smart enough to recognize people so you won't need keys
> > (other than your hand, voice, or appearance).
> 
> Umm. I quote Tom Lehrer:
> 
>         I hold your hand in mine, Love....
> 
> For those of you too young to remember the song, the critical stanza is:
> 
>         The day you died I cut it off,
>         I really don't know why
>         'Cause now whenever I kiss it
>         I get bloodstains on my tie.

:-) Which is why I call this kind of authentication "amputationware".
Best avoided, IMNSHO.

> For a more serious reference, go have a look at a paper entitled "Rubber
> Hose Cryptography" by Angelos Keromedes (I hay have the name misspelled,
> but try http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~angelos)

Keromytis, IIRC.

Cheers,

Ben.

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