From: CSBVAX::CSBVAX::MRGATE::"SMTP::PYRITE.RUTGERS.EDU::SECURITY" 16-MAR-1989 22:30 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" Subj: Friction is your friend Sender: security@pyrite.rutgers.edu Date: Wed, 8 Mar 89 10:46:07 EST From: Root Boy Jim Subject: Friction is your friend To: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil Cc: misc-security@uunet.uu.net As far as those "Cipher" lox (five bidirectional rocker switches) go, my favorite technique is to take a piece of chalk and rub it over all the ribs on the switches. When you come back a few days later, all the buttons used for the combination have been wiped clean. That leaves you only 24 (4*3*2*1) instead of 5040 (10*9*8*7). Catman Rshd Author of "The Daemonic Versions"