Good afternoon, Anthony,
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Anthony Carrico wrote:
On 10/19/2010 09:11 PM, William Stearns wrote:
Quick summary for the busy: I'm interested in getting, as a
group, One Time Password (*) generators to provide an alternative to
static passwords with all their security issues. The Yubikey (
http://yubico.com/products/yubikey/ ) works with Linux, Mac OS/X,
I followed the link and went looking for more info. This is the first
thing you see:
"The YubiKey Wiki
The portal for software and services supporting the YubiKey
Everyone is welcome to read, but to avoid misuse only YubiKey users
can edit. <research papers> <Order your YubiKey>"
The <research papers> link appears to be a link to researcher papers
about the device, but actually it is a scam will sell you "original
academic papers written to your instructions for affordable prices".
This doesn't inspire my confidence.
Agreed, this is wiki spam. I've reverted that entry and one other
I've found so far. Just like open source software, the wiki is only as
good as what people put into it. *grin*
Cheers,
- Bill
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