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Given that it's possible to memorize a certificate, it definitively cannot be a 'something you have' factor. Something you have is more than just data. A client
by growse 13y ago
Given that it's possible to memorize a certificate, it definitively cannot be a 'something you have' factor. Something you have is more than just data. A client cert is nothing more than a fancy long password.
- teraflop 13y agoThe base64-encoded SSL certificate for *.ycombinator.com is 1,755 characters. Maybe there are a few savants in the world who are capable of memorizing that, but for the overwhelming majority of human beings, it's never going to happen.
- growse 13y agoPoint is, it's information. It's very easily copied. The whole point of 'something you have' is that it's not just data, but something more than that.