Re: Adding a high-security channel for passwords -Reply

Paul C. Kocher wrote:
> 
> Baber Amin writes:
> > The idea sounds good, but if you offer good encryption for authnetication,
> > can we absolutely gaurentee that it would not be used for user data
> > other than pin or hashed password.
> > Do we even need to hash the password if it is being sent in a secure
> > fashion.
> 
> Under my suggestion, the TLS protocol would allow virtually anything
> to go on the secure channel, but exportable implementations would
> have to limit the use of the secure encryption to meet government
> regulations.

  It seems to me that this would encourage interoperability problems
down the road.

	--Jeff

-- 
Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
jsw@netscape.com - http://home.netscape.com/people/jsw
Any opinions expressed above are mine.

Received on Thursday, 8 August 1996 06:34:37 UTC