Title: RE: Token vs. Certificates

The ones that have the RSA Security logo on them work much faster than the ones that have the Security Dynamics logo on them :-)

Seriously, RSA delivers tokens in multiple form factors.

1) Key fob - can attach to key chain or badge holder, not as clunky as they used to be
2) Credit card - steel case that is less likely to be destroyed by portable computers
3) Credit card w/PINpad - no experience with this
4) Smartcard - no experience with this
5) Software Token for PCs - user enters PIN and with Login Automation, is automatically logged in to the remote access system

6) Software Token for PalmPilot - user enters PIN and gets Passcode to enter

Some questions that come to mind:

a) Has anyone done a risk analysis or comparison of Software Tokens vs. Digital Certificates in terms of security, functionality, ease of use, etc...?

b) I know that L0pht/@stake were going to look at the security of the Pilot software token.  Has anyone heard anything about that?


Steve


> Definitely the one with racing stripes and a crash helmet.. :)
>
> At 06:15 PM 9/11/00 -0400, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
> >On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Steve Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know which is better?
> >
> >The one with racing stripes!
> >

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