Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com...
by AgentME on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:28PM
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I don't understand this criticism. What is being controlled? Passkeys are an open standard that a browser can implement with public key crypto.
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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com...
by ndriscoll on Saturday March 30, 2024 @12:41AM
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Doesn't passkeys give the service a signature to prove what type of hardware device you're using? e.g. it provides a way for the server to check whether you are using a software implementation? It's not really open if it essentially has type of DRM built in.
Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com...
by LoganDark on Saturday March 30, 2024 @02:39AM
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You're thinking of hardware-backed attestation, which provides a hardware root of trust. I believe passkeys are just challenge-response (using public key cryptography). You could probably add some sort of root of trust (for example, have the public key signed by the HSM that generated it) but that would be entirely additional to the passkey itself.