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Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web?
From: "Petko D. Petkov" <pdp.gnucitizen () googlemail com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:25:36 +0000
Let's put it this way, It is easy to prevent phishing attacks against OpenID on the client-side with browser extensions. In fact, I think that Firefox will make this feature a default in their upcoming versions. It could work exactly the same as the current trusted certificate authorities every single web browser comes with. You will have a list of trusted OpenID providers domains which are also cross-matched with their SSL certificates and URLs. Done! If firefox is not planning to implement this feature, heck I will code it myself. This is a hello world XUL extension. pdp On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Steven Rakick <stevenrakick () yahoo com> wrote:
Many of you have brought up that OpenID is vulnerable to phishing and have highlighted weaknesses specific traditional username/password authentication. This was the main reason I bought up Information Cards in my original post. I've noticed that Beemba (http://www.beemba.com) and MyOpenID (http://www.myopenid.com) have both implemented Information Cards as an authentication option. Good idea? It seems to me that if you were to rely on Information Cards as opposed to username/password the phishing angle is mitigated. Is this not the case? -sr ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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Current thread:
- Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web? Steven Rakick (Mar 23)
- Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web? Paul Schmehl (Mar 23)
- Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web? Petko D. Petkov (Mar 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web? Steven Rakick (Mar 23)
- Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web? Steven Rakick (Mar 24)
- Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web? Petko D. Petkov (Mar 24)