DesigningAnAuthenticationSystem
Last edit November 1, 2009
Designing An Authentication System
(
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/dialogue.html
) tells the story of the creation of the
SystemMetaphor
for Kerberos (
ThreeLineSystem
). Some other authentication system metaphors are:
Coke machine
There's a very secure place that collects access tokens, and a less secure place that distributes goodies once the
TokenCollector
gives the OK.
LockoutBoard
in an industrial plant
All the padlocks have to be removed before the switch can be thrown.
CreditCardTerminal
A token is sent to a central system and validated before you can finish the transaction.
MarxBrothers
movie
You have to say "swordfish" to get into the room (from
HorseFeathers
).
See:
MicroSim