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ronjor
March 14th, 2005, 04:19 PM
-{ Quote: "Detlef Eckert, the senior director in charge of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, did not specify which form of two-factor authentication would be used in the next edition of the company's operating system, codenamed Longhorn." }-
Story (http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161914)

ronjor
March 15th, 2005, 09:47 AM
Hackers can beat security tokens

-{ Quote: "IT security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that plans to move to two-factor authentication will not solve online fraud." }-
Article (http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161940)

no13
March 15th, 2005, 10:54 AM
I'm not to sure about this "Trustworthy Computing" concept.
At a debate three years back, we'd bashed Palladium into the ground [I didn't get much of what was happening back then].
Dunno if MS will keep it going. Hateful.