| ??? 08/25/04 19:59 Read: times |
#76421 - RE: iButtons security Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Jez Smith said:
The trouble with ibutton is that they are easy for someone to do what is called a man in the middle attack where someone monitors the data sent over a network and because its static I assume you're talking about just the simple "serial number" iButton? There are also various writable ibuttons, so the data doesn't have to be static, and iButtons with various extra security features. This wasn't an issue for me, so I haven't looked into it in detail... It all depends on what level of security Shahzad actually needs: I'd say an iButton gives you more than a conventional physical key, and certainly much more than just a keypad and entry code! |
