Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [websec] [saag] HTTP authentication: the next generation
"Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov> Mon, 13 December 2010 23:02 UTC
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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [websec] [saag] HTTP authentication: the next generation
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On Dec 13, 2010, at 4:08 AM, Ben Laurie wrote: > On 11 December 2010 23:10, Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> wrote: >> TLS client certificates work, but as we've learned both with the web and with IPsec clients, people would much rather not use them. A few IETFs ago (Chicago?), a bunch of us tried to push the idea of TLS with EAP authentication. > > I think what we've learnt is that we need to provide good UI and > portability if we want people to use them. I think it's a "complete system" problem. You need a decent UI paradigm (not just a GUI), a respectable means of issuing/deploying them, a respectable means of storing them for use by multiple applications, and APIs and hooks that make them as easy to develop with as cookies. Also all the capability needs to already be in place, so there's no "plug-in installation" or equivalent. By "respectable" I mean something a security expert won't laugh at, which doesn't also violate the UI paradigm. For all the people who say that we don't have to have perfect security, or we need to support http:, not just https:, I respectfully claim that you're off base. We don't need *more* less-than-secure mechanisms. We need actually-secure mechanisms that real people can actually use. TLS with client certs qualifies as "actually-secure" (as would TLS with draft-williams..sasl..04). Wouldn't we be better off putting our energy into making it actually-usable, than in starting from scratch? ------------------------------------------------------ The opinions expressed in this message are mine, not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government. Henry.B.Hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu
- Re: [apps-discuss] HTTP authentication: the next … Mark Nottingham
- [apps-discuss] HTTP authentication: the next gene… Peter Saint-Andre
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] HTTP authentication: th… Paul Hoffman
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] HTTP authentication: … Nicolas Williams
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] HTTP authentication: th… Henry B. Hotz
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] HTTP authentication: … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Josh Howlett
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Josh Howlett
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Luke Howard
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Yaron Sheffer
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] HTTP authentication: th… Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] HTTP authentication: th… Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Eliot Lear
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Roy T. Fielding
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Dave Cridland
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Dave Cridland
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Eliot Lear
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Carsten Bormann
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Eliot Lear
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Dave Cridland
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] HTTP authentication: … Julian Reschke
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Adrien de Croy
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [kitten] HTTP authentic… Alan DeKok
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [saag] HTTP authentic… Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Dave Raggett
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Tim Morgan
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Yaron Sheffer
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Yoav Nir
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [websec] [saag] [k… Henry B. Hotz
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [websec] [saag] HT… Henry B. Hotz
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [saag] [kitten] HTTP … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Steven Bellovin
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … John C Klensin
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [websec] HTTP auth… Tim Morgan
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … John C Klensin
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [kitten] HTTP authentic… Joel Jaeggli
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [saag] [websec] [k… Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … der Mouse
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [saag] [websec] [k… der Mouse
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [saag] [websec] [k… Tim
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Adrien de Croy
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Nathan
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Adrien de Croy
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Josh Howlett
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [saag] [kitten] HTTP … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Jeffrey Hutzelman
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … David Morris
- Re: [apps-discuss] [kitten] [saag] HTTP authentic… Robert Sayre
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [kitten] [saag] HTTP … Tim
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [websec] [saag] [kitten] HTTP … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … der Mouse
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Blaine Cook
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Phillip Hallam-Baker
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [http-auth] [saag] [websec] [k… Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Blaine Cook
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Blaine Cook
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Ben Laurie
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Marsh Ray
- Re: [apps-discuss] [saag] [websec] [kitten] HTTP … Theodore Tso