The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.
Two-factor authentication for Web-application developers
Posted by: admin 14 years, 12 months ago
We've done some re-arranging in the documentation area, creating a special how-to section for adding two-factor authentication to Web-enabled applications. Currently, we have:
WiKID Strong Authentication server adds support for SAML Single Sign-On Service for Google Apps
Posted by: admin 14 years, 12 months ago
We've added built-in support for Google Apps For Your Domain SAML/SSO to the community edition of the WiKID Strong Authentication server. It's a pretty slick way of adding two-factor authentication to Google's services. While I'm a big fan of the cloud, I also like having control and two-factor authentication gives you a lot more confidence about who is accessing your information in the cloud.
Another nail for SMS authentication
Posted by: admin 15 years ago
Now that European banks are using SMS messaging for authentication, criminals are paying top dollar for used Nokia phones that can be reprogrammed due to a bug to work with any phone number. We've discussed why SMS authentication is a bad idea before. Here's more evidence.
A Customer service story
Posted by: admin 15 years ago
You can see the long version in the IRC logs.
WiKID software token for the Blackberry now on the BB App store
Posted by: admin 15 years ago
You can now download the WiKID Software Token for the Blackberry from the Blackberry App Store. It's quite simple to download it without the app store app, but it was pretty simple to add it. On the other hand, it is impossible to add software to the iPhone without going throught their app store and it is also seemingly impossible to get your software onto the iPhone app store.
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