Cachefly trials novel authentication method 9 Oct 2007

The Register reports on the innovative authentication method used by US-based content delivery network Cachefly:

"Normally, users login to the service by visiting cachefly.com/admin, which takes you to a conventional login page. A rather different interface is presented if users chance to mistype the address and go to admin.cachefly.com instead. Here they are offered two conventional authentication methods - SecurID and SC LDAP - and one rather unusual selection, 'Phils Mom' [sic].

"Sys admins selecting 'Phils Mom' are challenged with the question: 'Is phils mom a whore?' [sic]. Quite a poser, or maybe not. The answer is, of course, 'yes'; but users who respond in that fashion are told they can't login anyway. 'While you answered the truth-based authentication question correctly, we are unable to grant you authentication at this time,' Cachefly's notice reads."