Re: Problems with most web app auth schemes

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On Sunday 27 July 2003 09:17 pm, Tim wrote:

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> The thing is, the vast majority of web applications do no

Hi Tim,

This is a *very* good point. I totally missed it in your first post. I totally share your concern about this!

> You do bring up a good point, that is, another poster in this

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Which is what the CAs and RAs were supposed to solve . . . Not sure we're all the way there yet . . . ;->

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> But, this isn't the problem most people want to solve. And there is

I totally agree that using digital certs for authentication is a reasonable option . . . I personally like it much better than the usual zero- or single-factor schemes typically in use.

Regards,

George
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