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nickray
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About nickray
[ my public key: https://keybase.io/nickray; my proof: https://keybase.io/nickray/sigs/4fEWFEJV7a5cr1M1xZCsamtaXpi0tJcOkohynytYCxk ]
Co-founder of Solo: the first open-source FIDO2 security key - https://solokeys.com
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Comment #38761153
Google's proposal for filtering: https://google.aip.dev/160 Specifically, https://google.aip.dev/assets/misc/ebnf-filtering.txt which is a modification of their common expression l…
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Comment #30140032
How do you map KMU Konten to ledger accounts (can you rollup?), and do you automate VAT accounting?
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Comment #28128516
Nonnegative always includes zero, unless the author had muddled thinking themselves. Since positive is >0 and negative is =0.
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Comment #26123732
I see your point too, and we're looking forward to a world in which low-power (to enable NFC) open source chips with security features exist. For instance, https://tropicsquare.com…
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Comment #26121216
Website can distinguish via the optional attestation key. In terms of features, CTAP v2.1 ( https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido2/ ) is still draft only, but yes both v1 and v2 keys…
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Comment #26121179
No, they cannot. This is an explicit design goal of FIDO ( https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-security-requirements/fi... ). The actual public key used for logging in to a specifi…
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Comment #26121151
We hope and think that PIV can replace all the practical use cases for PGP. Specifically among those mentioned, `age` for file encryption, and either FIDO resident keys with hmac-s…
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Comment #23476021
Anybody have an actual quote of Burnside's doubt? Article etc.
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Comment #22994979
Keybase's "Crypto tools" tab can do this, with "known destination" determined via social proof. https://keys.pub is a re-implementation of this use case without the messenger/crypt…
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Comment #22994944
First, that's a limitation of git. Second, it's easy to fake PGP: https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/signing-commits-without-gp... Third, we're adding support to SoloKeys to do this…
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Comment #21964273
As Stavros mentions, you can, and if you feel qualified, you should manage your own keys. Be that with some software authenticator you deem safe or write yourself, or with e.g. our…
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Comment #21964231
Yes, WebAuthn is about getting rid of passwords. They're a bad idea, for most people, in most situations.
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Comment #21964197
In FIDO-speak, "platform" authenticators are your laptop or phone, using their contained secure storage, vs "roaming" authnrs like our SoloKeys. Most people assume that the former …
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Comment #21964109
The point is that ssh keys lying around on your laptop aren't the greatest idea either. Where is the root of trust? The password you type to terminal if you encrypt them? FIDO2 sta…
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Comment #21964051
SoloKeys person here ;) You can implement software authenticators (listening on local USB port), I imagine some password manager people will do so eventually, or have a direct way …
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Comment #21964006
There's an ascending signature counter that's intended to prevent cloned devices (replay attacks are prevented seperately with server generated challenge). One way around it is clo…
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Comment #19567769
As I'm currently working on possible options to expose on-device keys and cryptography for our open source FIDO2 key (SoloKeys) beyond the FIDO use case, I'd be curious about opini…
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Comment #18458454
You register more than one key, and use your backup. If the site lets you in without one of the keys you registered, it's a security theater :)
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Comment #18038295
privacy.
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Comment #17958627
https://login.swissid.ch does this too: disallow password managers from filling out the login. Upon asking them to fix: "Autofill completion is not allowed by us for security reaso…
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Comment #17891809
Is there any English translation of the original? Would be curious to see the actual recipes!
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Comment #17779353
It implements FIDO2: https://www.yubico.com/2018/05/what-is-fido2/
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Comment #17770167
Should? That does mean: purchasing a bunch of tokens, each of which could be lost, and registering them all. I don't think online security has normative/prescriptive rules, just tr…
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Comment #17770065
Yes :) Personally, I would just start replacing credentials upon loss in descending order of importance.
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Comment #17770047
I am considering adding this to my European distribution of U2F Zero, but the problem here is that as the vendor I then know your secret key. As mentioned in another comment, the u…