Re: Fwd: Re: [Cryptography] Encryption opinion

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On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Sandro Magi <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I'm guessing that the protected resource is the user's account with
> Amazon. ... So how you can distribute a public designator that references
> a closely held client resource without being vulnerable to confused
> deputies? If you can't, how close can you get while remaining safe?
>

Yes, precisely. Much better described than my version, thank you. :)


> Seems like the only usable solution is the browser being aware of this
> specific pattern, and executing a protocol to access the account-specific
> equivalent of the linked page for you.
>

That's my suspicion -- that we will need specific ways for these patterns
to be supported. I'm sure we can come up with some; it's just that it's
going to take work.

Ihab

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Ihab A.B. Awad, Palo Alto, CA

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