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Re: Cookies as the second factor

Subject: Re: Cookies as the second factor
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:06:37 -0400
I'm not saying it's a good idea, just that it can done very easily.
Ronans posting made it appear technically impossible.

On 7/18/06, mikeiscool <michaelslists@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/19/06, Darren Bounds <dbounds@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's no reason a cookie couldn't be generated client-side. I could
> easily have a client-side application generate a 'secure', one-time
> use token, populate a cookie and then use that value as one part of a
> multi-factor authentication scheme.

except that if your 'client' is compromised you are stuffed.

two factor should work even in a client-compromised situation.

-- mic



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Thank you,
Darren Bounds

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