31 July 2008

Yubico YubiKey

The YubiKey The Yubikey is a new authentication solution, designed for the mass market of web 2.0 applications. The user inserts the YubiKey in any computer with a USB port on any platform or browser – no client software install needed – then press the YubiKey button to generate a one time passcode. The secret behind the YubiKey is the fact that the little device is actually a USB keyboard. But with only one button and designed to do two things: To generate the user’s unique identity and a one time pass code that only works the very second it’s used. Every time the user presses the button it generates a new pass code. And because it identifies itself as a USB keyboard it works on all platforms and browsers with no client software

Update - latest version can be setup so that single press generates one time password and a long press generates a long static password (or visa versa)

New version - they have added RFID support to some models.

http://yubico.com/products/rfid/


http://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey/

Also check out http://www.grc.com/ SecurityKnown podcast for details.

Ribbit

Silicon Valley's first phone comany has been snapped up by BT.

Developers are welcome to have a go, Salesforce already there.

http://www.ribbit.com/