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Re: Cookies as the second factor
From: "Darren Bounds" <dbounds () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:06:06 -0400
There's no reason a cookie couldn't be generated client-side. I could easily have a client-side application generate a 'secure', one-time use token, populate a cookie and then use that value as one part of a multi-factor authentication scheme. On 7/18/06, Rogan Dawes <discard () dawes za net> wrote:
Jeff Robertson wrote: > It seems like it's been mentioned on here before, that a number of "two > factor" or "multi factor" authentication schemes actually use a cookie > as the second factor. > > Anyone here have specific experience with such solutions, or opinions > about how much security they add to a system? > Sounds completely bogus to me. The cookie is typically generated by the server, as a response to an authentication event (single or multi-factor). The cookie is then used to maintain that authentication from request to request. There is NO authentication component in such a cookie. It is created by the SERVER, and as such CANNOT qualify as an authentication factor at all. Rogan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: Watchfire AppScan 6.5 is now available! New features for Web Services Testing, Advanced Automated Capabilities for Penetration Testers, PCI Compliance Reporting, Token Analysis, Authentication testing, Automated JavaScript execution and much more. Download a Free Trial of AppScan today! https://www.watchfire.com/securearea/appscancamp.aspx?id=70150000000CYkc -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Current thread:
- Re: Cookies as the second factor, (continued)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Robin Wood (Jul 18)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Rogan Dawes (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Matt Fisher (Jul 18)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Andrew van der Stock (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Randy Ollett (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Andrew Chong (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Ken Kousky (Jul 18)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Robin Wood (Jul 18)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Ryan Barnett (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Jeff Robertson (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Matt Fisher (Jul 18)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor mikeiscool (Jul 18)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Darren Bounds (Jul 18)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Jeff Robertson (Jul 20)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Robert Hajime Lanning (Jul 20)
- Re: Cookies as the second factor Peter Watkins (Jul 21)
- RE: Cookies as the second factor Arian J. Evans (Jul 25)