Comments on: Become a VIP for free (and get secure on the web) http://blog.thestateofme.com/2009/10/06/freevip/ IT mixology and other thoughts about tech, life the universe and everything Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris Swan http://blog.thestateofme.com/2009/10/06/freevip/#comment-324 Chris Swan Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:52:44 +0000 http://blog.thestateofme.com/?p=162#comment-324 I've not got a hard token, but I've used the BlackBerry soft token a few times for Google Apps in test mode (I still need to get the rest of the company up and running, and satisfy myself that offline works OK etc.). For eBay and PayPal I'm now fully cut across. I’ve not got a hard token, but I’ve used the BlackBerry soft token a few times for Google Apps in test mode (I still need to get the rest of the company up and running, and satisfy myself that offline works OK etc.). For eBay and PayPal I’m now fully cut across.

]]> By: Joseph A'Deo http://blog.thestateofme.com/2009/10/06/freevip/#comment-323 Joseph A'Deo Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:34:36 +0000 http://blog.thestateofme.com/?p=162#comment-323 "The soft tokens can be used in a variety of other places, which begs the question of why other sites aren’t jumping on the bandwagon, and why nobody seems to be pushing this?" I work for VeriSign and, speaking from behind the scenes, I have to agree. The VIP tokens are particularly relevant in light of the recent Hotmail & etc credential leak; if these sites allowed you to use two factor authentication to sign in these leaks would be useless. It's great that google apps is finally providing this for enterprise customers, but as the webmaster of my own small site I'd like to see it implemented across the board. Have you received/tried the token out yet? Any thoughts? “The soft tokens can be used in a variety of other places, which begs the question of why other sites aren’t jumping on the bandwagon, and why nobody seems to be pushing this?”

I work for VeriSign and, speaking from behind the scenes, I have to agree. The VIP tokens are particularly relevant in light of the recent Hotmail & etc credential leak; if these sites allowed you to use two factor authentication to sign in these leaks would be useless. It’s great that google apps is finally providing this for enterprise customers, but as the webmaster of my own small site I’d like to see it implemented across the board.

Have you received/tried the token out yet? Any thoughts?

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