History of Access

The causal chain, 1961 to now: a room divider becomes a file, the file leaks, the network multiplies the doors; one branch works on proving the person, the other on managing the access; they converge where identity is the perimeter and the machines log in themselves. Hover or focus a node for its story.19601970198019902000201020202030proving the person− 6 moremanaging the access− 3 moreThe room divider1961start hereThe file gets printed1962Hashing and salt1979The doors multiply1985Something you have1986The worm guesses passwords1988Cracking industrializes1991The rules era200332 million passwords, plaintext2009The token factory is breached2011The code moves into the phone2011The unphishable key2014NIST takes it back2017The browser learns the trick2019Passkeys: the screen goes away2022Kerberos: tickets, not secrets1988The tunnel to the castle1996The keys to the kingdom get a vault1999The directory era2000Trust crosses the company line2005'Never trust, always verify'2010Delegation gets a standard2012Login becomes a protocol2014Google deletes the moat2014The machines get identities2017Identity is the perimeter2024