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Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository)
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:37 -0500 (EST)
Are any network providers supporting smartcards or other non-password based authentication methods? Passwords always end up blaming the user for choosing/not remembering good passwords instead of blaming the
technology for choosing/not doing things so the user isn't forced to work around its flaws.I know about the DOD Common Access Card. One-time code-generator tokens seem more widely used by single enterprises. But inter-operable credentials still seem to be one of those great unsolved problems for compter security. Are passwords still the only lowest-common-denominator?
Current thread:
- Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Sean Donelan (Nov 20)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) John Levine (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Jack Bates (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Matthew Palmer (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Jeffrey Lyon (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Matthew Palmer (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Jeffrey Lyon (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Matthew Palmer (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) John Levine (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Randy Bush (Nov 21)
- Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository) Bruce A. Mah (Nov 24)