phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] Native server relief support for password hashing in browsers

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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 13:14:32 -0800
From: Tony Arcieri <bascule@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] Native server relief support for password hashing in browsers

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Larry Bugbee <bugbee@....com> wrote:

> May I assume that if the pswd is hashed client side, two conditions need
> to be true: 1) javascript or other hashing support is available, and 2) the
> hash is passed in a secure tunnel


Yes


> For transit, it seems to all come down to a tunnel.  And if a tunnel, how
> authenticated?


TLS


>  How can we be sure/guarantee the client can auth the server?


TLS, which isn't great but

...or is there something I'm missing?
>

Some stuff in the works: Certificate Transparency, Tack, Convergence

-- 
Tony Arcieri

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