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[Cfrg] New draft: Hashed Password Exchange

Steven Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> Wed, 04 January 2012 21:41 UTC

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I'd appreciate comments on my new draft, draft-bellovin-hpw-00.txt:

Abstract

   Many systems (e.g., cryptographic protocols relying on symmetric
   cryptography) require that plaintext passwords be stored.  Given how
   often people reuse passwords on different systems, this poses a very
   serious risk if a single machine is compromised.  We propose a scheme
   to derive passwords limited to a single machine from a typed
   password, and explain how a protocol definition can specify this
   scheme.


		--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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