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Re: [Cfrg] ´ð¸´: Re: ´ð¸´: Re: [saag] New draft: Ha shed Password Exchange

"Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov> Mon, 06 February 2012 23:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Cfrg] ´ð¸´: Re: ´ð¸´: Re: [saag] New draft: Ha shed Password Exchange
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On Feb 2, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Steven Bellovin wrote:

> "In a world of smart cards, hand-held authenticators, and zero-
> knowledge proofs, it seems pointless to be worrying about poorly-
> chosen passwords.  Were the world like that, we might agree.  Today,
> it is not."  Mike Merritt and I wrote that about 20 years ago, in
> the original EKE paper.  Fortunately, passwords are no longer in use,
> since they've been replaced by better technology, right?  Oh, wait.

;-)

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