Re: IP address <--> Global Positioning System (GPS)

From: those who know me have no need of my name (not-a-real-address@usa.net)
Date: 05/21/02 

From: those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
Date: 21 May 2002 07:17:33 GMT

<4XgG8.8347$3m6.7818@nwrddc04.gnilink.net> divulged:
>"Alan" <a__l__a__n@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:e155108f.0205200711.68451f65@posting.google.com...
>> "no man" <noman@yes.man> wrote in message
>news:<62TF8.31347$Q93.888785@news1.west.cox.net>...

>> > Is there technology now that can link IP addresses to GPS?

only if the ip address source has a gps receiver and will transmit the
location data for some reason -- which is to say: for all practical
purposes `no'.

>> http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/infosec/Grounding.txt

>This is only as secure as the physical authentication.

i agree with you as to the result, but not the details.

>Given the limited encryption allowed by the USA for overseas export, and
>the restrictive laws of France,

you should update your rant on these two points, they're at least 2 years
out of date.

>And are you trying to tell me that GPS's can't be hacked and lied to?

it is very unlikely you could lie to a gps receiver without extremely
sophisticated equipment at hand. the cited link talks about moving a fair
amount of detailed gps data between the receiver and the authentication
engine, data which must be available at the both the central and remote
sites pretty much simultaneously. 

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