Password crack against OAuth, OpenID vs SSH?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

There is a claim of a password crack against OAuth, OpenID, and related 
software libraries.

http://bit.ly/b4Wh6S+  (Computerworld)

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179224/Researchers_Authentication_cra
ck_could_affect_millions

This is important, of course, particularly because of the use of OAuth and OpenID 
as a kind of SSO, and therefore a single-point-of-failure against all kinds of 
systems.

However, I wonder if there is also a relation to the recent spate of SSH attempts 
that has been reported in some circles?  One reported "fix" was to use certificates 
rather than passwords, but that may be exactly what the attacks are trying to hit.

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