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

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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:43:57 -0500
From: "John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP" <bambenek.infosec@...il.com>
To: "Larry Seltzer" <Larry@...ryseltzer.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: OpenID. The future of authentication on the
	web?

I would disagree.  One could simply create a template password and then salt
it with some acronym for the site in question.

For instance, S0m3p4ss!### where ### is a 3-letter acronym for the site they
are accessing.  Still need only one password to remember and you don't
necessarily have a single point of 0wnership anymore.

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Larry Seltzer <Larry@...ryseltzer.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.
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larry.seltzer@...fdavisenterprise.com
>
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