[119502] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Smartcard and non-password methods (was Re: Password repository)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Palmer)
Sat Nov 21 12:32:39 2009
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:31:55 +1100
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 02:38:32PM -0000, John Levine wrote:
> > Are passwords still the only lowest-common-denominator?
>
> There's OpenID, where a provider can use any verification process it
> wants, but all the OpenID providers I know use ordinary passwords.
myvidoop.com does OpenID auth based on pictures. It's... interesting to
use.
- Matt
