Security Skins: Single Sign-On with Images

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Security Skins: Single Sign-On with Images

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday May 26, 2005 @05:40AM from the i'll-believe-it-when-they-deploy-it dept.

Appol writes "Berkeley researchers propose a Mozilla extension to stop phishing. They claim that users only need to remember one password and one image for their lifetime to securely log in to any number of sites. They also use uniquely generated visual hashes to "skin" trusted windows and webpages, which is harder to spoof than the SSL lock icon. To verify that the skin is legit, the user has to compare two images, which is easier for novices than verifying a certificate."

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Finally by nizo · 2005-05-26 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny

I knew a non-evil use for the goatse image would be found eventually. I might as well use that image, since it is burned into my brain forever anyway. Plus it has the added advantage of punishing shoulder surfers.

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1. Re:Finally by EnronHaliburton2004 · 2005-05-26 05:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If I used that image, I would never, ever surf the web again.
  
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Natalie Portman? by ajiva · 2005-05-26 05:42 · Score: 4, Funny

So we just have to visually confirm that Natalie Portman is hot? That's easy!
1. Re:Natalie Portman? by kocovnik · 2005-05-26 06:43 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I'm not sure what this image is supposed to prove. Am I not supposed to think that Natalie Portman sticking her hands down her pants is amazing? Or is it the other way around.
  
  --one confused Slashdot reader
2. Re:Natalie Portman? by binarybum · 2005-05-26 07:27 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hey! Who the heck photoshoped me out of the picture where I was putting my hand down Natalie's pants!?
  
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Yes, this should work well! by Capt'n+Hector · 2005-05-26 05:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Because when a webpage is spoofed, the skin will make it look like the gates of hell, and when it's legit, you see a kitten frolicking in a meadow.

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Interesting. by MrAnnoyanceToYou · 2005-05-26 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Graduate School at UC Berkeley : 100,00$
Summer spent researching anti-spyware : 1,000$ after grants
Doing the world a favor : 0$ in debt
Getting publicity for doing the world a favor among those who care : See Below
Having your .8 MB file downloaded 100,000 times in the course of twenty minutes, taxing your web server extensively because you set it up there as a PDF, making you look like mildly silly because you're DOING INTERNET RESEARCH : Priceless, except for the bandwidth.

That said, it's quite an interesting approach. The notification style for a hash is quite an interesting idea.

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Been there, done that. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-05-26 05:46 · Score: 4, Funny

I've always used the same password, "pa55w0rd", so this part is easy.

Whoops, did I say that out loud? Good thing I didn't mention that my image is a kitten.

Oh shoot...
Re:PDF Alert by Takara · 2005-05-26 05:53 · Score: 4, Funny

I guess if you're reading this, it's likley too late...
You must be new here.
mental images? by madaxe42 · 2005-05-26 06:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Worse than goatse... http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/24/182322 5&tid=99&tid=16 -- seriously - what the hell????