Re: [Opensc-devel] Google introduces Web-based smart card

[Frank M. <mo...@in...>]

Quoting from Google's Product overview:

"Support for the protocol needs to be implemented by (a) the website
which wants to accept U2F auth and (b) the user’s web browser and (c)
the U2F device which the user employs."

... sure, if you push support for the token into *all* browsers and to
*all* services, you are ready to go. From the technology point of view
this would have been possible for years. Maybe Google has the power to
finally get it done. But I have to admit, that I like the form factor of
the yubiko.

The German eID system uses a mechanism that allows two factor web
authentication with a contactless smartcard without any modification of
the browser.  Also, since it is already rolled out, no initialization is
needed. However, the service provider still needs to integrate support
for the token.


On Tuesday, June 11 at 06:59PM, Anders Rundgren wrote:
> 
> https://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/gnubby
> 
> I think it is actually good that I finally have a competitor!
> 
> Smart Card middleware will be a thing of the past.  Hooray!
> 
> Anders
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