[1786] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Is password good enough?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gene Ingram)
Thu Apr 4 15:58:14 1996
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 09:48:24 -0800
From: Gene Ingram <gene@hpfsvr01.cup.hp.com>
Reply-To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
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Mariam Jazayeri wrote:
>
> I would like to know if this group feels password is sufficient for
> protecting sensitive information on Web inside the firewalls.
> I know most document servers provide password protection, but I'm not sure if
> that's good enough to protect sensitive information on the Web?
No. There should be other forms of authentication in conjunction with a user
password. In my opinion, it is necessary to authenticate authorized sites and
use a variety of other schemes, i.e., many security firms such as SecureWare
(http://www.secureware.com/) offer excellent Internet security solutions.
Gene
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