Re: Pcmcia cards

Peter Gutmann (pgut001cs.auckland.ac.nz)
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 06:01:05 (NZDT)

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Kevin Lewis <chnmailidirect.com> writes:

>I am not a cryptographer, I am normally a silent observer of this list.
>So please excuse me if this is a dumb question.
>
>Would it be possible to incorporate an encryption program that looked to a
>pcmcia card for authentication?
>
>My thought is that you could have a pcmcia card that you could input a
>password (passphrase). When you are away from your computer you could take
>the card with you. This would be for encrypting your own data. You could
>pass the password (for inputting on their cards) to recipients of same
>encrypted data.
>
>If the program is small and flexible enough you might have multiple passwords
>on the same card.

This sort of thing already exists and has been around for several years, you
can buy the cards from http://www.spyrus.com/content/products/fortezza/ or
http://www.litronic.com/cgi-bin/litronic.storefront.

Peter.

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