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Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentication: the next generation

David Morris <dwm@xpasc.com> Thu, 06 January 2011 16:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentication: the next generation
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Ben Laurie wrote:

> The answer to this problem is hard, since it brings us back to taking the UI
> out of the sites hands.

Which is only helpful if you can somehow gaurantee that the user agent 
software hasn't been compromised. Not something I'd bet on...

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