On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 John_White at dell.com wrote:
> What about the Star Trek approach . . . .
> A sensitive piece of data is protected by 5 passwords,
> any 3 of which will allow access.
> Anyone know of a real world implementation of this ?
Well I wouldn't use Star Trek as a security model - their security is so
bad that it is clear it is based on Windows 95 (definitely not even NT)
type technology. [1]
What I would suggest is sealing the envelopes and then handing them to a
solicitor or bank for holding - to be opened only in the event of a
serious accident.
Don't simply put them in the boss's safe unless you want the boss's
secretary to have root on your machine.
T.
[1] I will discuss this if required.
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