Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is asking for public comment on a draft document that outlines technical considerations for configuring passkey servers.

The draft was published on September 30 and seeks to get inputs from relevant stakeholders, the BSI said in a news release.

The BSI TR-03188 Passkey Server guidelines are available as a draft in version 0.9, the BSI says. It was drafted within the scope of FIDO2 and WebAuthn standards, among others.


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