[3687] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Is a serial cable as good as thin air?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John R Levine)
Wed Dec 2 19:00:37 1998
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:17:00 -0500 (EST)
From: John R Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812012346410.11062-100000@ouch.oof.net>
The problem is that we're trying to combine the answers to two rather
separate questions.
> Here is the question: Is this as good as thin air?
With suitable precautions as discussed already, most likely yes.
> Can you see any way a hacker could use such a connection to penetrate
> the bank's network?
Sure, but you can do that with floppies, too, as also discussed.
I think the real answer is "restate the question, please."
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner
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