What if you didn’t have to worry about managing user passwords as a Python developer? That’s where the WebAuthn protocol and new hardware standards are heading. This week on the show, Dan Moore from FusionAuth returns to discuss a password-less future.
WebAuthn is a way to authenticate users using biometric, secure authentication methods. Dan dives into passkeys, ceremonies, authenticators, and hardware standards. We also cover several projects and libraries that can help you get started with WebAuthn in Python.
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Topics:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction
- 00:01:36 – Dan’s WebAuthn article
- 00:03:26 – FIDO and WebAuthn
- 00:05:53 – What’s a YubiKey?
- 00:07:57 – Phones with biometric systems
- 00:12:03 – Sponsor: CData Software
- 00:12:45 – Similarities to HTTPS
- 00:16:13 – A password-less future
- 00:24:31 – Where’s it being used?
- 00:30:53 – Video Course Spotlight
- 00:32:26 – Python WebAuthn projects and packages
- 00:34:52 – Does a developer need to set up additional auth methods?
- 00:37:31 – How are the third-party auth services implementing this?
- 00:39:50 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?
- 00:41:24 – What do you want to learn next?
- 00:43:20 – Thanks and goodbye
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