read on Key Bumping

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: January 4, 2006 11:56:43 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Key Bumping



Let me urge people to read http://www.toool.nl/bumping.pdf , referenced
from a previous link.  For one thing, it's not a new attack; it's been
known for >50 years.  It also explains in more detail how to do it, why
it works, and notes that there are some lock designs that are immune.

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb




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