[TriLUG] OT: RSA Securid - how does it work?

[Kevin Flanagan]

To get the fob from paypal, go to paypal.com/securitykey
<http://paypal.com/securitykey>


The one you have from work won't work, the tokens really can't be used
for more than one thing just yet.  However that is coming, Verisign is
one of a group of vendors that will tie tokens to OpenID providers.  I
would keep an eye out for that.




Kevin


Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

> Someone mentioned that ebay was offering these keys for 
> authentication.
>
> In principle I expect the one I have from work would do, for 
> any vendor, except that ebay would have to have some proof 
> of who I am. Just the serial number is not going to do it (I 
> would hope). If every bank, ebay, gas station start using 
> these, are you going to be carrying only one of them, or is 
> each vendor going to expect you to pay $50 for their's and 
> you'll be carrying around a bucket full of them?
>
> (Yes I remember the ones about 5 credit cards thick with a 
> crushable glass window).
>
> Joe
>