[ogsa-authn-bof] Fwd: [IDM] NIST 800-63 revision out for public comment
Alan Sill
Alan.Sill at ttu.edu
Wed Feb 27 11:21:17 CST 2008
Forwarded from Bob Morgan as below
Alan
Begin forwarded message:
> From: RL 'Bob' Morgan <rlmorgan at WASHINGTON.EDU>
> Date: February 27, 2008 10:48:46 AM CST
> To: IDM at LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> Subject: [IDM] NIST 800-63 revision out for public comment
> Reply-To: Identity Management Constituent Group Discussion list
> <IDM at LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
>
> Almost as good as Harry Potter 8: those who have been waiting
> breathlessly for the draft revision of NIST 800-63, the Electronic
> Authentication Guidelines, to enter the public comment stage
> finally have their wish, see:
>
> http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html
>
> I don't expect that this rev will affect much regarding higher-
> education interest in levels of assurance, as most of the work has,
> I believe, gone into clarifying level 3 and 4 mechanisms, and
> adding material about so-called knowledge-based authentication (not
> Q&A password resets, but the sort of thing the Social Security
> Administration might do to authenticate a citizen based on
> knowledge of home addresses, incomes, etc). But worth a look.
>
> - RL "Bob"
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