TechProsaic

I write about great software, Internet technology, cool gadgets, and The Next Big Thing.

July 10th, 2006

feedback on ‘Simple factor is better than two-factor authentication’

Jean-Louis Seguineau wrote:

antecipate: Simple factor is better than two-factor authentication
password authentication is inefficient because passwords are available all over the corporate and extra corporate spaces

I have to strongly disagree with this statement. The article you reference aside, two-factor authentication can be simple. But I propose that it’s even more important in our homes than it is in the corporate space (where I do in fact use two-factor authentication to VPN into the office). Why? Identity theft. You won’t change hunmans, you are right, but this means the passwords that humans use won’t get any better. But if biometrics were commonplace, it would literally be impossible to sniff someone’s password and get into their online banking.

Security is too often made too hard, but rather than give up, we should challenge ourselves to make better security solutions.

July 3rd, 2006

Long time no blog

I haven’t written anything of substance lately (and I won’t end that pattern with this post :) ). I think its due to lack of sleep and just being really busy at work lately. I’m on vacation this week so maybe I’ll correct the sleep part.

In the meantime I just wanted to share with you my latest Nigerian spam. I just can’t get enough of these guys. I’m glad to know that I can trust this fellow as he says he has INTEGRITY.

Nigerian spam

|
Close
E-mail It