On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:21:59PM -0600, Eliot Lear wrote: > > 1. Elliot's dad wants one userid and password for the web. > Three clarifications: > > * My father doesn't mind multiple user names so long as those can be > stored somewhere. > * My father doesn't mind different systems having multiple passwords > so long as he doesn't have to remember them. > * It's "Eliot" ;-) > > There are other constraints to "Eliot's Dad" problem, but I'll go > through those in another message.
But your dad probably does mind the endless enrolments, and thinking up usernames and passwords that must be good, memorable for a few minutes, different from the others he already has and which he will never type in again. And he probably minds not being able to use any of these username/password tuples that he doesn't remember when he's using a computer other than his primary one. And he'd probably like to be able to use Internet kiosks (e.g., when travelling w/o a laptop) w/o endangering his credentials and associated resources. And he probably wants to be able to keep these username/password tuples when he re-installs his system(s) (which he probably also minds doing, but at least that's not a problem we'll concern ourselves with here). I think Robert meant that your dad wants to have to remember no more than one username and password, not that there mustn't be others under the covers. Nico -- _______________________________________________ dix mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dix
