OpenID homesite authorization spoofed

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Mon Oct 23 11:54:37 UTC 2006


Recordon, David wrote:
 > If this involved DNS spoofing, then it certainly is
 > known that OpenID can be exploited in such fashion,
 > just as every other site out on the Internet today not
 > using DNSSEC can be.

No.

Sites that use SRP or  HTTPS cannot be exploited in this
fashion.

If your bookmark says https://hushmail.com, and you
click on your bookmark, you will get to the right
hushmail.com, or fail to get anywhere.





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