[security] Phishing-Resistant Authentication definition

Dick Hardt dick at sxip.com
Wed Nov 21 05:09:08 UTC 2007


On 20-Nov-07, at 1:40 PM, David Recordon wrote:

> Do you have proposed wording for this?

not right now :-)

>
> It might also make sense to rename this policy to something like  
> "No Shared Secret" and then also draft a second policy which allows  
> shared secrets which are more resistant to phishing than  
> passwords.  In the end, not calling anything "phishing resistant"  
> may be beneficial to resolving everyone's concerns.

Agreed that it will make it easier to get agreement. Not sure "No  
Shared Secret" is the right one though. Being Phishing Resistant was  
the driver for the policy though and the reason why people care.

Alternatively, we could change the protocol so that it is Phishing  
Resistant without having to have an extension! :-)

-- Dick




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