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Asynchronous delegated key generation without shared secrets (DRAFT)

9 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 2 stories, 7 comments · first 2020-10-31 · latest 2023-03-10

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  1. …recovery ("backup authenticator") extension spec, which is possibly what you're thinking of. [1] https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension
    comment by Mindless2112 · 2023-03-10 · in How to Yubikey
  2. …credentials are a bit of a step backwards in this regard. There was a serious proposal: https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension The challenge is that support for such things (new multisig algorithms, this recovery extension)…
    comment by dwaite · 2022-12-10 · in A Yubico FAQ about passkeys
  3. > Your idea is not very different from this proposed spec also defined by Yubico: https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension Good point, in that they are both based on backup credentials generated on-demand. But the Yubico…
    comment by BoppreH · 2022-12-10 · in A Yubico FAQ about passkeys
  4. Your idea is not very different from this proposed spec also defined by Yubico: https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension In my opinion, along with pluggable Passkey providers, this is the missing piece for a usable and secure…
    comment by sebk · 2022-12-10 · in A Yubico FAQ about passkeys
  5. …I know and strictily in FIDO, there is no solution here. The closest that Yubico has is this draft: https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension which will roughly make an authenticator register two keys with an RP. The draft…
    comment by sebk · 2022-12-10 · in A Yubico FAQ about passkeys
  6. …authenticator providers. [0]: https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/issues/865#issuecomment-3804... [1]: https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension [2]: https://www.yubico.com/support/issue-rating-system/security-... [3]:…
    comment by garrettr_ · 2022-09-15 · in iOS 16 Available September 12th
  7. …secure backup proposal, but it doesn't appear to have been touched after being a draft for a year: https://github.com/Yubico/webauthn-recovery-extension
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    Asynchronous delegated key generation without shared secrets
    story by simonpure · 2022-01-20 · 0 comments
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    Webauthn Recovery Extension
    story by vanburen · 2020-10-31 · 1 comment