Re: Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-07 Thread Peter Fairbrother
Peter Gutmann wrote: An article on passwords and password safety, including this neat bit: For additional security, she then pulls out a card that has 50 scratch-off codes. Jubran uses the codes, one by one, each time she logs on or performs a transaction. Her bank, Nordea PLC,

Re: Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-06 Thread Adam Fields
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 10:06:20AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Citibank in India experimented with a special case of this a few years ago - online credit cards - basically, a credit card number valid for one use only, which would be ideal for online purchasing. IIRC, the offering was

Re: Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-04 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Peter Gutmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.06.03.1014 +0200]: One-time passwords (TANs) was another thing I covered in the Why isn't the Internet secure yet, dammit! talk I mentioned here a few days ago. From talking to assorted (non-European) banks, I haven't been able to find any

Re: Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-03 Thread Peter Gutmann
An article on passwords and password safety, including this neat bit: For additional security, she then pulls out a card that has 50 scratch-off codes. Jubran uses the codes, one by one, each time she logs on or performs a transaction. Her bank, Nordea PLC, automatically sends a new

Re: Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-03 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 08:14:39PM +1200, Peter Gutmann wrote: One-time passwords (TANs) was another thing I covered in the Why isn't the Internet secure yet, dammit! talk I mentioned here a few days ago. From talking to assorted (non-European) banks, I haven't been able to find any that

Re: Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-03 Thread Roy M. Silvernail
Eugen Leitl wrote: Banks tried to push smart cards, but very half-heartedly (didn't offer free readers, which could have created critical mass). Ther was one of those net-only bank-like operations in the last days of the bubble that did offer free smart-card readers. That's what prompted me to

Article on passwords in Wired News

2004-06-02 Thread Perry E. Metzger
An article on passwords and password safety, including this neat bit: For additional security, she then pulls out a card that has 50 scratch-off codes. Jubran uses the codes, one by one, each time she logs on or performs a transaction. Her bank, Nordea PLC, automatically sends a new