[ale] OT: Slightly, this affects all platforms and hit M$ hard.

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 12/07/2012 09:36 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> What's it going to take to stay ahead, Passphrases that take 15+
> minutes to type?
>
> The comment at /. says that M$ LM is now obsolete. No surprise there.

The elimination of passwords.  The proliferation of cryptographic 
identity modules (such as the USB-based Gemalto readers with GPG cards 
in them).

But then you have people who worry about this being used in negative 
manners by e.g., the government and cracker-types.  It's more secure, 
and yes, while it means that your private key would be tied to your 
identity, at least it's a lot harder to forge!  All you then have to do 
is keep a four to six digit PIN remembered, and if your identity is 
stolen after a configurable number of tries, perhaps 3, perhaps 10, the 
unit fries itself and all the data on it, assuming attempted compromise.

Keys are the only way to stay secure.

	--- Mike