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Google Authenticator for multi-factor authentication

Google Authenticator for multi-factor authentication

Posted Dec 8, 2011 7:44 UTC (Thu) by ssmith32 (subscriber, #72404)
Parent article: Google Authenticator for multi-factor authentication

Admittedly I'm a little tired & my eyes glazed over the details.. but, as far as functionality, how is this different than a RSA soft token or a VIP soft token (Versign/Symantec equivalent of RSA's soft token)?

Other than seeming way way way more complicated..

And, I guess, it didn't get hacked when RSA did :D


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Google Authenticator for multi-factor authentication

Posted Dec 8, 2011 9:42 UTC (Thu) by pilif (guest, #3857) [Link]

compared to the commercial solutions, you can run this yourself, you don't have to pay per authentication and no third party is involved at all for the authentication.

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