On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Sean O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I learned about a new one time password system called Yubikey ( > http://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey/). The Yubikey is a tiny usb device > which emulates a USB keyboard, when you press it's button it spits out a > long one time use password. > The thing about the Yubikey which makes it of interest to MHVLUG people is > the fact that Yubico (Yubikey's creator) has released all of the software > and information needed to run your own Yubikey backend as open-source. > > For more info check out http://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey/. The > Yubikey was also covered pretty well in a recent episode of Security Now ( > http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#143). > > I am currently digging into the details of the Yubikey and seeing what I can > do with it and Linux. If there is enough interest in it I'd be happy to > give a talk in a few months on the Yubikey and Linux whenever there's a > meeting needing a topic. > > > P.S. A few others and myself are looking at ordering a few Yubikeys for > testing purposes. If anybody else is interested in joining in on the order > let me know, if we get enough people we can save on shipping and get a > volume discount. >
I'd be interested in hearing more. Maybe I haven't thought it all the way through, but I'm confused as to how useful a one-time password would be. -- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
