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Re: Debian two-factor auth, GSoC?



On Sat, 2013-04-13 at 18:46 +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > Please take your FUD elsewhere.
> > 
> > It's an implementation of the JavaCard specification.  It's not
> > something that runs in your web browser, but they're both called
> > applets.
> 
> Does it require a JRE to be installed (which the security community
> avoids for good reason), if so then it does reduce your server/machine
> security, though you may deem it acceptable and obviously not to the
> same level as java browser applets which are basically putting up a
> rental sign to any site you visit. 

Debian is not Windows.  We have separate packages for the JRE and the
browser plugin.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Humans are not rational beings; they are rationalising beings.

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