Re: [perpass] TLS discussion

Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie> Mon, 18 November 2013 14:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [perpass] TLS discussion
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On 11/18/2013 12:49 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> 
> Its a lot more than 100 a day. There are close to 100 in a thread you
> started last night. And that is the weekend.

Yep. That's why I'd rather we not re-do all that here too.

> 
> All the chatter about confidentiality and nobody is interested in fixing
> the massive hole in the use of cookies for authentication. And they can't
> even see the connection between the two.

That is interesting yes. Yoav mentioned it too and invited
folks to look at the work that's not (yet) gotten traction
on that in websec.

S.