I don't speak for the NCC but as I understand it they wanted a drop in
replacement for MD5-PW.

-Cynthia

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024, 23:13 Laurent Pellegrino, <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Given the focus on security and token management, was OAuth2 considered?
> It’s a widely adopted standard that includes built-in mechanisms for secure
> authentication and token expiration, and it supports various flows that
> might align with your requirements. If it was evaluated, could you please
> share any insights on why it wasn’t chosen?
>
> Regards,
> Laurent
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 12:58 PM Cynthia Revström via db-wg <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have to agree with Gert here. I think the intentions are good but it
>> won't give the wanted result.
>>
>> Making it so API keys are tied to a user will cause people to create
>> shared users to hold those keys.
>>
>> -Cynthia
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Oct 2024, 19:21 Gert Doering, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 02:28:26PM +0200, Felipe Silveira wrote:
>>> > Our top priority is the security of everyone???s data. While I
>>> understand
>>> > these decisions will require members to make changes to their scripts,
>>> it's
>>> > essential that we remain compliant and follow best practices here.
>>>
>>> I think you've been reading the wrong books on security here... this
>>> design is actively discouraging use of API keys, because it breaks
>>> doing proper automatization on the LIR size.
>>>
>>> Gert Doering
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