Bored: interesting read

[SnakeEye]

seeing as how i bought a Keypad Safe for my pistol, i was searching around the net to see how secure they really are.
though i clearly have nothing to fear from this inparticular, i found it an interesting read at the very least and some of you might as well.

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/tsafe/

 

[FPrice]

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

Two thoughts:

First, the article gives some good suggestions on how to thwart this problem.

Second, if someone has that sort of high-tech equipment, they are probably very seriouos and have other sophisticated equipment also.

 

[JonJ]

Very interesting, thanks Snake...

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Keypads

Just a new take on the old technique of bnlowing a very find dust onto keypad locks.

Conventional combination locks suffer vulnerability to sophisticated hardware as well - which is why UL has a "R" suffix for locks protected against radiological analysis. (Though these have week packs that wear out more rapidly)

 

[C-pher]

That is pretty cool.

And I agree, I would think that if they had the equipment to do this, then they are going to go after bigger scores than a gun in a gun safe.

Do you know how much Flir's cost? Oh, I just went back and saw that they tell you.

But it's still a cool read and some neat pictures.

 

[SnakeEye]

That is pretty cool.

And I agree, I would think that if they had the equipment to do this, then they are going to go after bigger scores than a gun in a gun safe.

Do you know how much Flir's cost? Oh, I just went back and saw that they tell you.

But it's still a cool read and some neat pictures.

oh i never thought for a minute anyones coming after my 500$ pistol with a several thousand dollar piece of equipment.
It was a just a really interesting link that came up in my searches.

I think the point the author is trying to make is that unlike other techiques that require "physical contact" like doping or pre-sensitization, this method requires nothing more than a clear and unobstructed line of sight within the operable range of the thermal imaging device. Add to that the fact that you can ascertain the actual sequence of the number by the heat degradation up to as long as 15 minutes after its last use, its a pretty interesting observation.. thats something that cant be done with fluorescents or oil residue marking.. And its especially usefull for keypads that shutdown automatically or alarm out after an improper sequence is entered.

which is why UL has a "R" suffix for locks protected against radiological analysis.

I learn somthing new everyday

 

[Jay G]

My first thought was, in the time it takes them to locate my handgun safe and start reading it with the device, my dad's gonna see the van outside and walk over with his 9mm...

Sometimes it's good to be near family...