[Discuss] eliminating passwords

Derek Martin invalid at pizzashack.org
Mon Jul 29 18:39:54 EDT 2013


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 05:02:28PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Tom Metro wrote:
> >Agreed, but irrelevant with respect to the idea of eliminating
> >passwords. Because whether you use a username and password or a client
> >side certificate, you're still going to use SSL to encrypt the
> >communication channel.
> 
> Nope. MIT Kerberos. It was doing end-to-end authentication and
> encryption over open, public networks a decade before Netscape
> foisted SSL upon the world.

Which bank operates a kerberized HTTP server that I can use to access
my accounts online?

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