the problem with passwords on the web and what to do about it
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Handling user passwords safely is hard, but replacing passwords on the web in a reasonable way is even harder. Really, this should have been in the browser all along. This is where Persona comes in.TRANSCRIPT
François Marier – @fmarier
The problem with passwords on the weband what to do about it
passwords
problem #1:
passwords are hard to secure
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2
per-user salt
site secret
password & lockout policies
secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2
per-user salt
site secret
password & lockout policies
secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2
per-user salt
site secret
password & lockout policies
secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2
per-user salt
site secret
password & lockout policies
secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2
per-user salt
site secret
password & lockout policies
secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2
per-user salt
site secret
password & lockout policies
secure recovery
20132013
passwordpassword
guidelines
guidelines
passwords are hard to secure
they are a liability
ALTER TABLE userDROP COLUMN password;
problem #2:
passwords are hard to remember
pick an easy password
pick an easy password
use it everywhere
passwords are hard to remember
they need to be reset
controlemail
account
controlall
accounts=
social login
“People want a littledating before marriage.”
Eric Vishria – Rockmelt
decentralized
myid.com/u/francois
privacy®
existing login systemsare not good enough
ideal web-wide identity system
● decentralized● simple● cross-browser
ideal web-wide identity system
● decentralized● simple● cross-browser
ideal web-wide identity system
● decentralized● simple● cross-browser
ideal web-wide identity system
● decentralized● simple● cross-browser
how does it work?
Persona is already adecentralized system
decentralization is the answer, but it's not
a product adoption strategy
we can't wait for all domainsto adopt Persona
we can't wait for all domainsto adopt Persona
solution: a temporarycentralized fallback
Persona already workswith all email domains
identity bridging
Persona supportsall modern browsers
>= 8
Persona is decentralized,simple and cross-browser
it's simple for users, but is it also
simple for developers?
1. load javascript library
1. load javascript library
2. setup login & logout callbacks
1. load javascript library
2. setup login & logout callbacks
3. add login and logout buttons
1. load javascript library
2. setup login & logout callbacks
3. add login and logout buttons
4. verify proof of ownership
you can add support forPersona in four easy steps
one simple request
building a new site:default to Persona
working on an existing site/app:add support for Persona
Friday office hours
we needyour help
to eliminatesite-specificpasswords
To learn more about Persona:
https://login.persona.org/http://identity.mozilla.com/
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Persona/Why_Personahttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Persona/Quick_Setup
https://github.com/mozilla/browserid-cookbookhttps://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Persona/Libraries_and_plugins
http://123done.org/https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity#Get_Involved
@fmarier http://fmarier.org
identity provider API
https://eyedee.me/.well-known/browserid:
{ "public-key": { "algorithm":"RS", "n":"8606...", "e":"65537" }, "authentication": "/browserid/sign_in.html", "provisioning": "/browserid/provision.html"}
https://eyedee.me/.well-known/browserid:
{ "public-key": { "algorithm":"RS", "n":"8606...", "e":"65537" }, "authentication": "/browserid/sign_in.html", "provisioning": "/browserid/provision.html"}
identity provider API
https://eyedee.me/.well-known/browserid:
{ "public-key": { "algorithm":"RS", "n":"8606...", "e":"65537" }, "authentication": "/browserid/sign_in.html", "provisioning": "/browserid/provision.html"}
identity provider API
https://eyedee.me/.well-known/browserid:
{ "public-key": { "algorithm":"RS", "n":"8606...", "e":"65537" }, "authentication": "/browserid/sign_in.html", "provisioning": "/browserid/provision.html"}
identity provider API
https://eyedee.me/.well-known/browserid:
{ "public-key": { "algorithm":"RS", "n":"8606...", "e":"65537" }, "authentication": "/browserid/sign_in.html", "provisioning": "/browserid/provision.html"}
identity provider API
identity provider API
1. check for your /.well-known/browserid
2. try the provisioning endpoint
3. show the authentication page
4. call the provisioning endpoint again
identity provider API
1. check for your /.well-known/browserid
2. try the provisioning endpoint
3. show the authentication page
4. call the provisioning endpoint again
identity provider API
1. check for your /.well-known/browserid
2. try the provisioning endpoint
3. show the authentication page
4. call the provisioning endpoint again
identity provider API
1. check for your /.well-known/browserid
2. try the provisioning endpoint
3. show the authentication page
4. call the provisioning endpoint again
© 2013 François Marier <[email protected]>This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand License.
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