On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, STeve Andre' wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 September 2008 15:58:03 Kevin Neff wrote:

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> > Hi,

> >

> > Some secure protocols like SSH send encrypted keystrokes

> > as they're typed.  By doing timing analysis you can figure

> > out which keys the user probably typed (keys that are

> > physically close together on a keyboard can be typed

> > faster).  A careful analysis can reveal the length of

> > passwords and probably some of password itself.

>

> This is nearly complete bullshit.  For any individual, learning

> their characteristics could give rise to being able to know a

> great deal about what they are doing, but hardly for the

> general case.

These two sentences contradict one another.