[abfab] Comments on draft-smith-abfab-usability-ui-considerations-02

"Jim Schaad" <jimsch@augustcellars.com> Thu, 02 August 2012 17:44 UTC

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Subject: [abfab] Comments on draft-smith-abfab-usability-ui-considerations-02
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This is a set of first impressions and should not be construed as an actual
review of the document.


1.  Section 4  s/for a user to user a different/for a user to use a
different/


Issues:
1. application specific choice of identities
2. separation of ABFAB identities from other GSS-API credentials
3.  Ordering of identity choice for least privilege principles
4.  Identification of non password based credentials - where does the secret
come from?  Credential may or may not be usable based on the state of a plug
in token as an example.