Re: Question concerning Access Card

[Peter Conrad <conrad () tivano de>]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 07:01:16PM -0500, Richard Douglas García Rondon wrote:
> The next link explains that method:
>
> http://szabo.best.vwh.net/secret.html
>
> the secret is the password.

I don't think so. That URL describes secret splitting which is usually
used to distribute a single key among several people. It would be
pointless to split a secret among *one* person.

> Quoting Peter Conrad <conrad () tivano de>:
> > I don't know if that's the case here, but it looks like a simple way
> > to make the handling of a very long PIN easier. E. g. I have an online
> > bank account where I get asked for a random selection of digits from a
> > longer PIN (e. g. "Please enter digits 3, 7 and 9 from your PIN"). I
> > suppose in the above case you'd be asked "Please enter PIN b3", which
> > is basically the same mechanism.

Bye,
        Peter
-- 
Peter Conrad                        Tel: +49 6102 / 80 99 072
[ t]ivano Software GmbH             Fax: +49 6102 / 80 99 071
Bahnhofstr. 18                      http://www.tivano.de/
63263 Neu-Isenburg

Germany