Re: Something Stronger than a Passphrase? (UNCLASSIFIED)


On 4/10/07, Jim Basney <jbasney@ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:
Friedrichs, Paul D CTR DISA PEO-IAN <Paul.Friedrichs.ctr@disa.mil> wrote:
> I am *very* interested in deploying MyProxy on a large scale,

Great!

> but I am
> concerned about the possibility of a phishing/pharming-like attack to
> capture the passphrase passed from the prospective proxy to what it
> thinks is the MyProxy server during the get process.

If you haven't run across it yet, this paper is a good read that covers some of these issues, specifically the use of One-Time Passwords (OTP) with MyProxy:

Simplifying Public Key Credential Management Through Online
Certificate Authorities and PAM
http://middleware.internet2.edu/pki06/proceedings/chan-pam.pdf

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Daniel Clark # http://dclark.us # http://opensysadmin.com



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