[CrackMonkey] #54

[Mr. Bad]

So, someone actually pulled #54 on me at a standards meeting this
week:

        http://pigdog.org/auto/mr_bads_list/shortcolumn/1914.html

We were talking about SAML (an XML protocol for exchanging security
information, using XML-DSIG for message authenticity) and the use of
timestamps in messages, and this guy says:

        "Yes, but can this be embedded in an Internet-aware appliance,
        like a toaster, for example? A toaster probably won't have a
        clock in it <snicker>."

I had to counter:

        "Oh, yeah, while XML PARSERS, USER DATABASES and RSA KEYS and
         are standard issue in most major-brand toasters. Anyways, I
         don't want Luvs2Fish447 at lycos.com logging into my toaster
         from Spain and burning all my Poptarts."

~Mr. Bad

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