People will access NII [National Information Infrastructure] services using all different forms of access: passwords, tokens, maybe biometrics in some cases. We need some standards for capturing the authentication information, and for passing it around the network
Predictor: Katzke, Stuart
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for Infosecurity News, David Bernstein asks Stuart Katzke, a security expert with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, about authentication standards on the information superhighway. Katzke replies: ”The first enabling technology is public-key infrastructure. If you want to do the types of certificate distribution necessary for supporting electronic commerce, you need to have an infrastructure in place through which people can exchange certificates and distribute keys … We also need to set up authentication interface standards. People will access NII [National Information Infrastructure] services using all different forms of access: passwords, tokens, maybe biometrics in some cases. We need some standards for capturing the authentication information, and for passing it around the network.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Communication
Subtopic: Security/Encryption
Name of publication: Infosecurity News
Title, headline, chapter name: Infohighway Security Viewpoints
Quote Type: Direct quote
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