Cryptography – Particular algorithmic function encoding – Nbs/des algorithm
Patent
1993-09-21
1998-11-24
Gregory, Bernarr Earl
Cryptography
Particular algorithmic function encoding
Nbs/des algorithm
380 23, 380 49, 380 50, 235380, 235382, 34082531, 34082534, H04L 932, H04L 900
Patent
active
058418687
ABSTRACT:
A trusted computing system includes a computer, responsive to signals applied to its keyboard port. The system includes a keyboard for generating signals representing keystrokes. A card reader is coupled to the keyboard and to the computer keyboard port. The card reader couples one of a plurality of removable access control cards to the keyboard and to the computer keyboard port. Each of the access cards includes memory for storing personal identification information of the user to whom the card is issued. Within the card, a comparator is coupled to the memory, for, in a first operating mode, comparing the keyboard signals with the personal identification information stored in the card memory, and for, when the comparator matches the keyboard signals with the personal identification information, switching to a second operating mode, in which it couples the keyboard to the keyboard port of the computer. The system is secure, even against an unauthorized person controlling an access card, because no keyboard signals reach the computer itself until the personal information is verified by the card. Only an access card, together with knowledge about the information stored in its memory, can provide access. The information cannot be retrieved from the card itself. The invention provides positive separation of the user's private information from the computer, and does not allow this user to gain access to the computer software unless the private sign-on information is provided during the start-up process.
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Gregory Bernarr Earl
Meise William H.
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