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I thought "Two-Factor Authentication" referred to an RSA SecurID or something similar. Am I wrong? Why do you say "it's usually misused"?
by RyanGWU82 16y ago
I thought "Two-Factor Authentication" referred to an RSA SecurID or something similar. Am I wrong? Why do you say "it's usually misused"?
- thaumaturgy 16y agoA SecurID would work. ("Something you know, plus something you have or something you are.") The majority of the cases where I've seen it used so far are in websites or other services that are just asking you for a second piece of information you know -- like a challenge question, passphrase, or the like. ...it looks like Firehost is using Phone Factor (http://www.phonefactor.com/ http://www.phonefactor.com/) for their second factor authentication. I'm not sure what I think of that. On the one hand, it's marginally better than a password. On the other hand, it's only marginally better than a password. Unlike a SecurID, phones are pretty easy to compromise -- especially smart phones.
- Kadrith 16y agoThe issue I'd have with this setup is reception. In our Hospital there are a lot of places with little or no reception; Radiology and Lab are two main examples. Due to all of the lead they have around there is no signal. We had looked at iPhones for CC processing over cellular networks, but the lack of a consistent signal killed that. Which sucks because that would have been much easier and cheaper as a temporary solution than what we are doing now.