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Francois Marier
July 25, 2013
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Taking the pain out of signing users in
Francois Marier
July 25, 2013
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François Marier – @fmarier Taking the pain out of signing
users in
passwords
problem #1: passwords are hard to secure
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bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2 per-user salt site secret password
& lockout policies secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2 per-user salt site secret password
& lockout policies secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2 per-user salt site secret password
& lockout policies secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2 per-user salt site secret password
& lockout policies secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2 per-user salt site secret password
& lockout policies secure recovery
bcrypt / scrypt / pbkdf2 per-user salt site secret password
& lockout policies secure recovery 2013 2013 password password guidelines guidelines
passwords are hard to secure they are a liability
ALTER TABLE user DROP COLUMN password;
problem #2: passwords are hard to remember
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pick an easy password
use it everywhere
passwords are hard to remember they need to be reset
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control email account control all accounts =
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“People want a little dating before marriage.” Eric Vishria –
Rockmelt
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decentralised
myid.com/u/francois
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existing login systems are not good enough
ideal web-wide identity system
• decentralised simple cross-browser ideal web-wide identity system
• decentralised • simple cross-browser ideal web-wide identity system
• decentralised • simple • cross-browser ideal web-wide identity system
what if it were a standard part of the web
browser?
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how does it work?
[email protected]
demo #1: http://www.voo.st/
[email protected]
Persona is already a decentralised system
decentralisation is the answer, but it's not a product adoption
strategy
we can't wait for all domains to adopt Persona
we can't wait for all domains to adopt Persona solution:
a temporary centralised fallback
demo #2: http://sloblog.io/
[email protected]
Persona already works with all email domains
identity bridging
demo #3: http://www.reasonwell.com/
[email protected]
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>= 8
Persona is decentralized, simple and cross-browser
it's simple for users, but is it also simple for
developers?
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<script src=”https://login.persona.org/include.js”> </script> </body></html>
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null, onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: "
[email protected]
" onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null, onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); } onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null, onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
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navigator.id.request()
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navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null, onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null, onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
def verify_assertion(assertion): page = requests.post( 'https://verifier.login.persona.org/verify', data={ "assertion": assertion, "audience":
'http://123done.org'} ) data = page.json return data.status == 'okay'
def verify_assertion(assertion): page = requests.post( 'https://verifier.login.persona.org/verify', data={ "assertion": assertion, "audience":
'http://123done.org'} ) data = page.json return data.status == 'okay'
def verify_assertion(assertion): page = requests.post( 'https://verifier.login.persona.org/verify', data={ "assertion": assertion, "audience":
'http://123done.org'} ) data = page.json return data.status == 'okay'
{ status: “okay”, audience: “http://123done.org”, expires: 1344849682560, email: “
[email protected]
”, issuer:
“login.persona.org” }
{ status: “failed”, reason: “assertion has expired” }
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navigator.id.logout()
navigator.id.watch({ loggedInUser: null, onlogin: function (assertion) { $.post('/login', {assertion: assertion},
function (data) { window.location = '/home'; } ); }, onlogout: function () { window.location = '/logout'; } });
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1. load javascript library 2. setup login & logout callbacks
3. add login and logout buttons 4. verify proof of ownership
1. load javascript library 2. setup login & logout callbacks
3. add login and logout buttons 4. verify proof of ownership
1. load javascript library 2. setup login & logout callbacks
3. add login and logout buttons 4. verify proof of ownership
1. load javascript library 2. setup login & logout callbacks
3. add login and logout buttons 4. verify proof of ownership
you can add support for Persona in four easy steps
one simple request
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building a new site: default to Persona
working on an existing site/app: add support for Persona
To learn more about Persona: https://login.persona.org/ http://identity.mozilla.com/ https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Persona/Quick_Setup https://github.com/mozilla/browserid-cookbook https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Persona/Libraries_and_plugins
http://123done.org/ https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity#Get_Involved @fmarier
© 2013 François Marier <
[email protected]
> This work is licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand License. Hotel doorman: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/wildlife_encounters/8024166802/ Top 500 passwords: http://xato.net/passwords/more-top-worst-passwords/ Parchment: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/27613359@N03/6750396225/ Uncle Sam: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/5666065982/ Restaurant dinner: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3977084094/ Stop sign: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/artbystevejohnson/6673406227/ Photo credits:
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