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Re:Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach... by throwaway2037 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:36AM (#31987462)
I never heard about "ephemeral credentials" before your post. I have some Googling to do!
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Re:Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @09:20AM (#31987889)
The other term of art is “dynamic secrets.”

https://www.vaultproject.io/use-cases/dynamic-secrets

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Re:Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach... by 0des on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @04:32PM (#31993316)
Good lookin out, thanks for the link
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Re:Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach... by krageon on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @08:51AM (#31987590)
It's essentially an access token with a very short expiry time.
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