Are passwords still the only lowest-common-denominator?
There's OpenID, where a provider can use any verification process it
wants, but all the OpenID providers I know use ordinary passwords.
R's,
John
John Levine wrote:
Are passwords still the only lowest-common-denominator?
There's OpenID, where a provider can use any verification process it
wants, but all the OpenID providers I know use ordinary passwords.
Yeah, and every ISP would probably use key authentication, except
there's not a
Sadly, passwords are the least common denominator. The biggest problems
with 2 factor devices (smart cards, OTPs, etc) is having to buy, configure,
and distribute them; plus get them to work with all the myriad of
applications.
Certificates that are issued to computers/web browsers suffer from
[Sightly off-topic - solution specific] Some European countries have
long figured out logistics of smartcard distribution and management in
their healthcare systems - some being at the second generation,
already.
In fact this is a subject dear to my heart, as I've researched and
attempted a
I was pretty excited about this post until I found out that myvidoop
only works on older version of FF.
Jeff
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Matthew Palmer mpal...@hezmatt.org wrote:
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 02:38:32PM -, John Levine wrote:
Are passwords still the only
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 04:06:48PM -0500, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
I was pretty excited about this post until I found out that myvidoop
only works on older version of FF.
I can only find something about the plugin not working on FF 3.5, but I
don't use the plugin since I only use it as an OpenID
So it works as a standalone password vault also?
Jeff
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Matthew Palmer mpal...@hezmatt.org wrote:
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 04:06:48PM -0500, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
I was pretty excited about this post until I found out that myvidoop
only works on older version of
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 04:58:27PM -0500, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
So it works as a standalone password vault also?
I don't know. My only experience with it has been as an OpenID
endpoint/provider/whatever, and it was on that basis that I replied
originally.
- Matt
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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Thom Hooker th...@smx.co.nz wrote:
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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 6:38 AM, John Levine jo...@iecc.com wrote:
Are passwords still the only lowest-common-denominator?
There's OpenID, where a provider can use any verification process it
wants, but all the OpenID providers I know use ordinary passwords.
is there a freebsd pam tacacs+ hack?
randy
cards and tokens are a proxy for the use of a certificate authentication
system...
You can in fact do certificate auth without the use of cards or tokens
or mix and match physical tokens and other private key storage depending
on need with the same authentication backend (typically ldap).
Since
We lost a cabinet in this about 25 minutes ago, anyone else effected?
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