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[Discuss] Steve Gibson's SQRL



Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> He's reinvented APOP.
>
>
> ?There's certainly a similarity. Using the same techniques outside of POP
> in a phone-and-browser setting is darn good idea. ?

tl;dr

And how does one know that the authentication server URL is "the right"
URL and not, say, a MitM/Fishing attack?

-derek

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