HTTP Origin-Bound Authentication (HOBA)
draft-farrell-httpbis-hoba-02
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Replaced Internet-Draft
(candidate for httpauth WG)
Expired & archived
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Authors | Stephen Farrell , Paul E. Hoffman , Michael Thomas | ||
Last updated | 2013-05-14 (Latest revision 2012-10-05) | ||
Replaced by | draft-ietf-httpauth-hoba | ||
RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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Additional resources | Mailing list discussion | ||
Stream | WG state | Call For Adoption By WG Issued | |
Document shepherd | (None) | ||
IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-ietf-httpauth-hoba | |
Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
Telechat date | (None) | ||
Responsible AD | (None) | ||
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Abstract
HTTP Origin-Bound Authentication (HOBA) is a design for an HTTP authentication method with credentials that are not vulnerable to phishing attacks, and that does not require a server-side password database. The design can also be used in Javascript-based authentication embedded in HTML. HOBA is an alternative to HTTP authentication schemes that require passwords with all the negative attributes that come with password-based systems. HOBA can be integrated with account management and other applications running over HTTP and supports portability, so a user can associate more than one device or origin-bound key with the same service. We also describe a way in which the HOBA design can be used from a Javascript web client. When deployed, HOBA will be a drop-in replacement for password-based HTTP authentication or JavaScript authentication.
Authors
Stephen Farrell
Paul E. Hoffman
Michael Thomas
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