[ogsa-authn-bof] Fwd: [IDM] NIST 800-63 revision out for public comment

[Alan Sill]

Forwarded from Bob Morgan as below

Alan

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> 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"