[ale] Please stop spamming the list (Was: Re: researcher develops new secure login procedure)

[Matt Hessel]

Kinda glad to see this, most of the Steve Gibson security ideas I have seen
were impractical, overworked, and rather naive, in my opinion.  I was
beginning to wonder if I was missing something.

To be sure, spinrite is one of my favorite utilities, but I disagree with
his version of "security."
On Oct 11, 2013 9:31 AM, "Michael B. Trausch" <mbt at naunetcorp.com> wrote:

>  On 10/10/2013 08:32 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
> Steve Gibson has just announced some new secure login research he's been doing.  It looks pretty promising and may ultimately be able to substantially replace or augment user names and passwords.  I thought I'd pass it along.  He says it's generating lots of interest, including some from the w3c.  It's open spec and open standard and he's giving it away.  Maybe it will become a standard someday.
>
>
> Look, we've covered this time and time again.
>
> Steve Gibson is *not* a security expert.  Stop putting him on a pedestal,
> and PLEASE stop spreading bad information.  That new "secure" login
> procedure has AT LEAST one fatal flaw, and I think two.  It is not suitable
> for use, and in fact straight username and password over TLS is more secure.
>
> At this point, I am respectfully asking you to quiet down on the list.
>
> The last thread you started was on Windows.
>
> This thread is invoking Gibson (again), despite much rather on-topic
> discussion to the fact that Gibson isn't a suitable source of security
> information.  This is at least the third or fourth off-topic post from you
> this week that I can recall—and quite impolitely without the OT.
>
> Please stop spreading bad information and please stop discussing your
> trials and tribulations with your Microsoft products at all on this list.
> You can't seem to put "[OT]" in when it needs to be done—so please just
> stop altogether.
>
>     Much appreciated,
>
>     Mike
>
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