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Episode 133: Moving Projects Away From Passwords With WebAuthn and Python

The Real Python Podcast

Nov 18, 2022 44m

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.

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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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