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_pzht

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    Comment #30490038

    I like the idea of signing a nonce rather than the current time. That solves several problems. Thanks for the advice.

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    Comment #30489050

    Used signatures are purged from the DB after they are no longer valid (too much time has passed). I realize this is a naive, toy implementation (in general). I wrote it to have a b…

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    Comment #30486500

    Because it was in reply to my earlier comment saying this is not SSO. People seem to think these signatures can be used on multiple websites (sign in with Google like functionality…

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    Comment #30486386

    The demo website and the github repo contain this information. It would be helpful, if people actually created a key pair and tried to use it and misuse it before being critical. I…

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    Comment #30486266

    Users can have a different key pair for each website. Also, signatures may not be re-used and are only valid for a few seconds. Try to create a key pair and login to the test websi…

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    Comment #30486244

    This is not meant for SSO. Signatures are only valid for about 30 - 60 seconds (depending on the server config) and may not be re-used after a successful login. Try to create a key…

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    Comment #30486222

    The web service stores used signatures. They cannot be re-used and are only good for about 30 seconds. Try to register on the demo site and see if you can actually replay a signatu…

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