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Analysis of Passport Flaws

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader sent us an excellent (and technical) paper describing problems with Passport its not lame anti ms rhetoric, its actually a well written technical assesment of security problems with the unified login that passport aims to achieve. This is a good read.

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  1. Told you so! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    "... We believe that until fundamental changes are made to underlying protocols (through standards such as DNSSEC and IPSec), efforts such as Passport must be viewed with suspicion. "

    See? You NEED TCP/MS. Why don't you guys ever trust me?

    --- billg

  2. Real passports! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Damn!

    I thought this article was about how to forge a real-life passport.

    I sure would like to change my identity...