Microsoft To Ditch Passwords for Longhorn

**MIG-31** · Mar 14, 2005, 01:29 PM

Microsoft has revealed at a security panel at CeBIT that it is preparing to dump passwords in favor of two-factor authentication in forthcoming versions of Windows.
Detlef Eckert, the senior director in charge of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, did not specify which form of two-factor authentication would be used in the next edition of the company's operating system, codenamed Longhorn.

But he said that the code would have vastly improved handling of technologies including smartcards and security tokens.
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vailr · Mar 14, 2005, 08:21 PM

Could that be why MS recently introduced a mouse with a built-in thumb print scanner?

EcPercy · Mar 15, 2005, 07:11 AM

I can see this one taking a long time for corporations to adopt. I am betting that there will be a way to enable passwords. Some corporations are not willing to pay the money to buy the system to make the ID picture and program the smart cards and then pay for the additional hardware/software needed for the computers to work with it. For this to work the corporation will also need additional servers to function as Certificate Authorities (CA) and they will also need a secondary security device (thumbprint scanner). The corporation could also hire a company to provide the CA. With IT budgets getting smaller all the time I can't see this happening.

Mar 14, 2005, 01:29 PM	#1
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,590 Rep Power: 186 System Specs	Microsoft To Ditch Passwords for Longhorn Microsoft has revealed at a security panel at CeBIT that it is preparing to dump passwords in favor of two-factor authentication in forthcoming versions of Windows. Detlef Eckert, the senior director in charge of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, did not specify which form of two-factor authentication would be used in the next edition of the company's operating system, codenamed Longhorn. But he said that the code would have vastly improved handling of technologies including smartcards and security tokens. _______________ Read More: Newsfactor __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Mar 14, 2005, 08:21 PM	#2
vailr DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 71 Rep Power: 0	Could that be why MS recently introduced a mouse with a built-in thumb print scanner?

Mar 15, 2005, 07:11 AM	#3
EcPercy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,529 Rep Power: 49	I can see this one taking a long time for corporations to adopt. I am betting that there will be a way to enable passwords. Some corporations are not willing to pay the money to buy the system to make the ID picture and program the smart cards and then pay for the additional hardware/software needed for the computers to work with it. For this to work the corporation will also need additional servers to function as Certificate Authorities (CA) and they will also need a secondary security device (thumbprint scanner). The corporation could also hire a company to provide the CA. With IT budgets getting smaller all the time I can't see this happening.