Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the web?

[Steven Rakick <stevenrakick () yahoo com>]

I'm not sure why it isn't on their home page any more.
It used to be. Their FAQ is at: 

http://www.beemba.com/faq.aspx.


On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Paul Schmehl
<pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:
> --On March 23, 2008 8:04:41 PM -0400 Larry Seltzer
> <Larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
>
> > > > I understand the attractiveness of not having to
remember lots of IDs
> > and passwords, but when you give up control of
your data, you give up
> > control of your future.
> >
> > Normal people aren't going to remember enough
passwords, let alone
> > strong passwords, to make that control meaningful.
I do get your point,
> > but I bet that the best alternative is to give
them one set of
> > credentials and make it as strong as possible.
>
> I agree with your premise, Larry.  It's the solution
I object to.  The
> correct solution, imo, is one that allows the user
to retain control of
> their data.  The password managers in browsers are
an early attempt at
> this.  Mac's File Vault is another.  The correct
solution, IMO, would be
> an encrypted password vault, stored on a USB drive
and only available
> through the use of a password and some other form of
identification
> (biometric, etc.)
>
> In other words, a combination of something you have
and something you
> know, not something someone else has and something
you know.  If I'm
> carrying my passwords in encrypted form in a device
I possess, I have
> complete control of who gets granted access to my
data, and the compromise
> of any one vendor site that I visit will, at the
worst, compromise the
> data I granted them access to.
>
> Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
> Senior Information Security Analyst
> The University of Texas at Dallas
> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
>
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