Security Skins: Single Sign-On with Images

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."

Comments

PDF docs

[John Seminal]

I don't understand why so many places use PDF when it is not that hard to write the HTML to make a document look as nice. HTML is universal, anyone can read it. PDF takes the adobe reader. On older systems, the adobe reader gets to be very slow, not just when opening a document, but when booting a system.

I'd like to see an alternative next to the PDF download, a basic HTML version, or plain text. PDF is not as bad as flash, but I hate it when a website only has information in one format, and the format is not universal for all.

I know what the critics are going to say, throw the PII233 away, its time has come and gone. But I just can't get myself to throw something away that cost over $2,000. And that I paid an extra $250 for more memory, a better video card (HAHA, a whole 8 megs, and for over $100), a nic card (back when they cost $50).

There is nothing wrong with plain text, or HTML. Most websites should have two versions of their website. One with all the bells and whistles, the flash and pdf for those who want it, and a second version for low bandwith and older systems.

Buhh?

[Grendel Drago]

How... how did you even find that?

--grendel drago