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                           SecurID Information
                              by Schizo Man
                            A  9x Production


I'm writing this file to clear up some of the rumors about SecurID. It is
correct to the best of my ability, and much of the information has been
verified by the makers of SecurID.

SecurID is made by Security Dynamics, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who
have nine patents for it. I have seen it used on UNIX's, by banks, RBOC's and
many others. The system must have SecurID software (starting at $1950)
installed. Every user must have a SecurID card, which is a tiny credit card
sized computer ($34 each). The middle of the card has SecurID printed on it,
and in the top-right corner the users current 6-digit password is displayed.
Inside the card is a lithium battery and a clock chip which picks the new
password every minute from a time algorithm. The SecurID card must be
synchronized with the system using it. On some systems it must be
synchronized daily. When the user has entered the proper user-id on the
system, they will be prompted for their SecurID password. SecurID always
identifies itself. Security Dynamics claims there has never been a reported
incident of anyone cracking the SecurID algorithm, contrary to hacker
folklore. SecurID is becoming more and more popular, because it is extremely
secure, easier to use than challenge-response security systems, and cheaper
than other security systems such as key-modems and others. NYNEX has begun to
use SecurID to protect its Datakit PSN (and dialups), and I'm sure we'll see
more and more companies using SecurID in the future to protect their sensitive
data. What can we do about it? Not much. Even if you manage to steal a
SecurID card, it is replaced almost immediately. Just hope you can find
another way into the system, or be lucky enough to figure out the algorithm.

       We are sorry we dont have alot more info on SecureID, but this was all
the information we could obtain from Security Dynamics, Inc.

You can reach the author of this file on the internet at:
[email protected]


 SecureID (9x) tfile introduced to the HP world on July 19th, 1995 � 12:05p


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