[EAS] ALERT: EAS Device passwords

[ray at electronicstheory.com]

Yea, the key fob idea wouldn't work for our application.
I have hundreds of these boxes I maintain all over the country - some of which I
haven't seen or laid hands on for over 2 years.
(funny - they keep sending me those silly log emails).
Good thing they are on a public IP, or I wouldn't be able to maintain them at
all without a bunch of airplane trips.

Alex Hartman:
<snip>
The token system worked well actually. RSA still uses it today (random
passwords with fobs that have a 10-digit code cycling on them, in sync
with the server). The real down side of this method requires human
interaction, and might not work well for stations that are 100%
automated or running in unattended operations.
</snip>

Ray Dall
Radio Frequency Engineer