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To: Minnow who wrote (2781)8/3/1999 5:58:00 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Respond to of 10293
 
Minnow,

I've seen a smartcard system for HP omnibooks as well. Not sure if it's WAVX or not, but...

It has nothing to do with secure transactions. Merely a way of providing a hardware-based key for encryption of data on the hard disk or in some cases for validating logons to VPNs, replacing manual "key generator" cards. Cost structure will be similar to any other PC component (slim margins).

mg