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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: Geek.com | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Microsoft is apparently considering doing away with passwords in its next operating system, code-named Longhorn. Instead, MS is looking into improving security with two-factor authentication. Going beyond a standard password, two-factor authentication requires users to be in possession of something they know, i.e., a Personal Identification Number (PIN), and something they have, i.e., a token. According to Detlef Eckert, senior director of MS's Trustworthy Computing initiative: I believe that the time of password-only authentication is gone. We need to go to two-factor authentication. This is the only way to bring the level of trust business needs. Microsoft representatives did not go into detail into how the company plans on getting two-factor authentication implemented. Modern technology has made it possible for numerous different items to serve as the token, such as a cellphone, BlackBerry, USB device, etc. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (24.163.245.167) at 3/15/2005 11:49:17 PM |
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I think we need three factor authentication.
Type in your password, your PIN and your credit card number and we'l debit $5. I don't know the answer. What I do know is that the places I've seen RSA pins implemented people write down the numbers on the back of the damn tokens because they can't remember them. |
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