Re: Dallas Semiconductor turns on Internet commerce at the touch of a button

On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Robert Hettinga wrote:

>     iButton users will have universal access to their World Wide Web
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> e-mail at public Internet connections (hotels, airports, kiosks) and
  ^^^^^^

I think that says it all.

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> 
> >     iButton users will have universal access to their World Wide Web
>                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > e-mail at public Internet connections (hotels, airports, kiosks) and
>   ^^^^^^
> 
> I think that says it all.

Someone's not paying attention ...

When WWW browsers are available at hotels and airports, as they surely
will be, then accessing ones email via www will be commonplace.  This
can be called "world wide web e-mail".  And of course you wouldn't want
to carry around a list of s/keys, would you?, so what better way to
authorise the connection than with an iButton?  (Answer: An iButton with
a user interface, perhaps a watch?)

Gary
--
"Of course the US Constitution isn't perfect; but it's a lot better
than what we have now."  -- Unknown.

pub  1024/C001D00D 1996/01/22  Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Key fingerprint =  0C FB 60 61 4D 3B 24 7D  1C 89 1D BE 1F EE 09 06

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Robert Hettinga wrote:
> 
> >     iButton users will have universal access to their World Wide Web
>                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > e-mail at public Internet connections (hotels, airports, kiosks) and
>   ^^^^^^
> 
> I think that says it all.

Take a look at their random number generator. I can't see how it
provides enough entropy, therefore, a secure connection.

Kevin Stephenson