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Re: Duress
On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, David K. Merriman wrote:
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> >As a side remark, every burglar alarm connected to a phone that I've ever seen
> >has this feature: a code that one can type under duress that will both turn
> >off the alarm and call for help. I wonder how many users will remember this
> >code when under duress.
> >
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> Many (if not most) alarm companies make the duress code the *reverse* of the normal code.
This might backfire in the case of self-destructing data.
If the attacker backs up the data, and enters the duress code, the real
code is easy to guess the second time around.
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> Dave Merriman
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