On 31-03-2016 3:41, listo factor wrote: > On 03/30/2016 12:16 PM, listo factor - listofac...@mail.ru wrote:
> 1) Is it correct that this particular device maker designed a > sophisticated hardware-based system with the specific purpose of > thwarting the brute-forcing of ridiculously low-entropy user's > secret? > Yes/no? Both apply here: Yes they did design such a device. No they didn't use that in this particular model (iPhone 5c). It is used in the devices that contain a fingerprint scanner (5s and up). > 2) Is it possible for the user to circumvent the potential problem > of the device maker cooperating with his adversary to by-pass this > protection, simply by using a pass-phrase of an appropriate length? > Yes/no? Yes. > Is anybody on this list user/owner of this device? (as I am not). Sorry, I don't have an iPhone 5c. -- ir. J.C.A. Wevers PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
