Re: Strong authentication for PayPal versus WebPayments

On 05/07/2014 04:23 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote:
> On 2014-05-07 10:02, Timothy Holborn wrote:
>> I've found server-side source for u2f.
>> 
>> Therefore, I imagine it could be packaged with a cloud-storage 
>> service (like rww.io)
> 
> Yes, U2F will work fine if we limit ourselves to 2-3 identity 
> providers. In that case Google and Facebook remain the only viable 
> alternatives which I don't think was the goal for WebPayments, WebID
>  or any other web-system based on decentralization.

Anders, assume that most of us know next to nothing about U2F. :)

Why will U2F only work for 2-3 identity providers?

I'm assuming that it's going to be for the same reasons that OpenID
Connect is probably only going to work for 2-3 identity providers.

-- manu

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Received on Wednesday, 7 May 2014 16:33:35 UTC