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If sensible authentication were used...

If sensible authentication were used...

Posted Jun 1, 2010 16:15 UTC (Tue) by epa (subscriber, #39769)
In reply to: If sensible authentication were used... by TRS-80
Parent article: Redirecting browser tabs via "tabnabbing"

Agreed. It would need the browser makers to get together to define a basic common interface for web authentication, into which site makers could plug their 'new user' and password reminder pages. Once it's widely deployed, security-conscious sites might start to use it.


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If sensible authentication were used...

Posted Jun 1, 2010 16:43 UTC (Tue) by TRS-80 (subscriber, #1804) [Link]

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