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[saag] time to authenticate dhcp?

"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> Mon, 08 December 2008 22:38 UTC

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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:38:39 -0500
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/a_scary_twist_in_malware_evil-.html?nav=rss_blog

But how, in a public setting?  How can "Steve" (to use the name from
the article) *realistically* tell his laptop the proper public key to
expect?


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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