Fwd: SecurID alternative

[Russell Fulton <r.fulton () AUCKLAND AC NZ>]

OK, moments after posting my last message I remembered Peter just one
't' in his surname and I found the note.  I had misremembered the
details -- it is a standard based system with several (some high
profile) vendors.  Looks worth investigating.  Next time we need to
buy another lot of tokens I'll look more closely at OATH.

Russell

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001 () cs auckland ac nz>
> Date: 5 September 2008 1:08:03 AM
> To: Russell Fulton <r.fulton () auckland ac nz>
> Subject: SecurID alternative
>
> I don't know how heavily the university has signed up for SecurID
> tokens, but
> have you looked at any of the OATH tokens at all?  They're available
> for as
> little as $5 in one-off quantities, unlike SecurIDs they never
> expire (at
> least as long as they have power), and they're based on an open
> standard.  Oh
> yes, you can also get OATH-compliant tokens that run as software on
> phones.
> The OATH site is at http://www.openauthentication.org/.
>
> Peter.