Delayed Password Disclosure

ET_Fleshy writes "Markus Jakobsson has an interesting article discussing a promising new security protocol called "Delayed Password Disclosure" that can validate a computers authenticity before exchanging passwords/keys. While nothing is ever truly secure, this seems to show promise in protecting users from a wide variety of stealth attacks (pdf) used today, specifically man in the middle (pdf) attacks."

An okay article, I guess....

[aendeuryu]

It'd be better if the font weren't so small, though...

HTML versions...

[Mr. Capris]

Me, i hate pdf...so here's HTML versions, courtesy of Google: man in the middle attack [google.com]
stealth attacks [google.com]

This sounds pretty interesting.

[Sheetrock]

The only part I can't figure out is how they're going to send the carbon paper and envelopes across the Internet. I can't find the protocol for that.

Re:Quick Question

[wfberg]

Why is it called Man-in-the-middle?

Isn't it better if it were called Woman-in-the-middle? It would atleast not make us geeks seem so gay.

Well, feminist do-gooders, in an effort to de-genderify the term whilst keeping the acronym MITM beat you to it, by redefining MITM as "Meet-In-The-Middle".

It was a quite popular term in academia, until it was discovered that "Meat-In-The-Middle" in the context of a three-party situation sounds a lot more gay even.

I... can't keep. Reading.

[StikyPad]

By then, it may be too late, as in the meantime, the attacker may collect and even modify information that was not intended for him.

Damnit, Bones I, can't figure out how to, place commas in, my, sentences I know they, should go somewhere I'm. Just not sure where.

Re:An okay article, I guess....

[athakur999]

No kidding. He's just asking for Slashdotting since his server has transfer all those big characters.

Re:And this is new how???

[0x20]

mmm.... salted hash.

Re:Lockout after failed auths is a DoS

[modecx]

Actually, I write my user names and passwords down. Then I put them in my depleted uranium and lead lined concrete and hardened steel reinforced vault with biometric and timed locks. Then I kick the pair of radioactive lava spewing mutant doberman pinschers that guard the door to wake them up.

It's hell trying to figure out what my balance is.