RE: Username password VS hardware token plus PIN

[MHawkins () TULLIB COM]

This is off topic but does anyone know of the method to run code on the
REXX.

I have one of 'em too and it always seemed a crying shame to not be able to
reprogram it to do something useful.



-----Original Message-----
From: ArkanoiD [mailto:ark () eltex net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:37 AM
To: Dragos Ruiu
Cc: Marcus J. Ranum; Frank Knobbe; Hawkins, Michael;
firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Username password VS hardware token plus PIN

nuqneH,

Rex is z80-based and easy programmable (though 8bit and slow)

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 07:13:25PM -0800, Dragos Ruiu wrote:
> On February 23, 2005 05:18 pm, you wrote:
> > Dragos Ruiu wrote:
> > > The problem with the old PDA idea is user reluctance.
> >
> > Then get SecurIDs or whatever for the few users who
> > insist on 'em.  But there are PDAs that are tiny, too -
> > credit card size like the Oregon Scientific PDA293
> > ($9.95 at officedepot.com) or Xircom's Rex, which needs
> > no cradle because it fits in a PCMCIA slot to sync
> > and recharge...
>
> Heh, being a gadgetaholic, I own a Rex... (which was not
> amongst my most stellar purchases btw, or long-lived in 
> terms of use,  though it was small enough in its pcmcia
> form factor that it rattled around in my suitcase for 
> years before i noticed it and threw it in the dinosaur 
> equipment pile with the newtons and many other 
> strange oddball devices).  I don't know anything 
> about the Oregon Scientific device, but the Rex
> is a non starter. First killer is the frighteningly limited
> input system, and second is the high level of reverse
> engineering needed to retrofit anything onto that 
> device as it has nothing resembling a programmatic 
> interface or any user accessible code bits. It's only
> marginally more useful than a paper printout of your 
> contacts, though the batteries don't die on paper. :-)


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