Gates declares passwords to be dead; as ever MS is 10 years late.
Apparently passwords are dead:
Bill Gates has just proclaimed the end of passwords. There’s only
one drawback - you have to use .Net (well, what else would you
expect?). However, the smart card that is at the centre of it - made
by Axalto - is still a great bit of technology.
Alas that the Techworld site referenced is slashdotted.
Nonetheless, all this is merely to recycle a age-old, self-evident
truth that myself and others have been preaching for literally decades:
From: alecm@…… (Alec Muffett)
Newsgroups: comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: passwd-changing from 56-bit DES// Bruce!
Date: 11 Jul 1994 10:54:56 GMT
[…]
Buy a smartcard or install S/Key. Get out of the password game. Now.
Passwords are dead technology. The NSA probably doesn’t give a toss
what is on your machine, but if you’re at all interested in keeping
*them* out, then give up on passwords entirely.
source: Gates declares passwords to be dead; as ever MS is 10 years late.
