Re: Rander box and other stuff

So we need to set up UPSs (uninterruptable power supplies, i.e. backup
power) for our u-wave ovens, and build a standard interface which will set
the appropriate parameters (5 sec on high cook) and start, which can be
connected to a burglar alarm with panic switches and keypad with duress
code.  Then if the barbarians come to the door, it's one-two-three-FLUSH!

Somewhat inconvenient if the barbarians come a-callin' when you're in the
middle of a crypto session ("'scuse me while I put something in for
dinner...") but doable...

-gg

I heard something somewhere about hard disks with a layer of thermite
inside the platter.  Can you say "ferrous vapor"?

For me the ideal cryptosystem would be a small notebook with a thermite hard
drive and TEMPEST shielding and no multitasking.

e

>
>I heard something somewhere about hard disks with a layer of thermite
>inside the platter.  Can you say "ferrous vapor"?
>
>For me the ideal cryptosystem would be a small notebook with a thermite hard
>drive and TEMPEST shielding and no multitasking.
>

you forgot the auto self destruct if the unit is more then 4 meters from
your person. 


		-Pete

>>I heard something somewhere about hard disks with a layer of thermite
>>inside the platter.  Can you say "ferrous vapor"?
>>
>>For me the ideal cryptosystem would be a small notebook with a thermite hard
>>drive and TEMPEST shielding and no multitasking.
>>
>
>you forgot the auto self destruct if the unit is more then 4 meters from
>your person. 

If we're going to have auto self destruct with a range limit, it should also
be waterproof so I can take it swimming (and so that the self destruct
system won't be impeded by water).

And if it's going to have a four meter limit, it needs to be so light that I
can carry it absolutely everywhere, like under 500 grams, and if it's going
to be that small, it won't be able to have a keyboard (use pen input) or a
hard drive (lots of battery backed ram instead).

In fact, now that we've dropped the hard drive and the keyboard, it might as
well just be a dedicated crytosystem, make it about 10cmX10cmX1cm and give
it an ether port, an rs232 port, a pcmcia port and an rj11 port.  It's
doable and would provide the ultimate security.

e