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List:       cryptography-randombit
Subject:    Re: [cryptography] pie in sky suites - long lived public key pairs for persistent identity
From:       Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-04 19:39:34
Message-ID: CAH8yC8mLxanS39Na9YcN7YAdQ-P7=X9JtVrK44GexQPjGWzL3A () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 4:26 AM, ianG <iang@iang.org> wrote:
> On 3/01/14 22:42 PM, coderman wrote:
>>
>> use case is long term (decade+) identity rather than privacy or
>> session authorization.
> ...
>
> Which in today's world is pointing to the phone.   If we're talking the
> identity on the phone, we're now talking about 2 or more things,
> horizontally:  an app by itself, or an app that integrates vertically with
> the telco (SIM card).  We can also bifurcate vertically with Apple v.
> Android, and also-rans.
That may be moving to a single Yubikey. See Google U2F (Gnubby):
Overview for Partners,
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16mB3Nptab1i4-IlFbn6vfkWYk-ozN6j3-fr7JL8XVyA/
(thanks AR).

Jeff
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