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Re: SSC Advisory TSA-051 (T-mobile wireless and Verizon Northwest)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lance James)
Fri Aug 13 16:35:09 2004

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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:34:44 -0700
From: Lance James <lancej@securescience.net>
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Joe Eversole wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:10:18 -0700, Secure Science Corporation
> Advisory Notice <bugtraq@securescience.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Solution:
>>- ---------
>>Add 2-factor authentication (passcode requirement) by default and cease
>>implicit trust of Caller-ID information.
> 
> 
> T-Mobile's messaging system (in Indianapolis, at least. I do not know
> if they have migrated to a single VM system) has a setting the user
> can specify to require passcode when calling from mobile phone.

Hence, by default! It is not on by default.


> 
> --je
> 
> 


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Best Regards,
Lance James
Secure Science Corporation
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