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That will be a problem where USB ports are disabled (which is increasingly becoming a standard security practice). E.g. my workplace has separate PCs for access
by noisy_boy 12y ago
That will be a problem where USB ports are disabled (which is increasingly becoming a standard security practice). E.g. my workplace has separate PCs for accessing Gmail etc. but those still have USB ports disabled.
- growse 12y agoI imagine you could have a fallback to how YubiKey neo and 2fa works today: using a phone app to generate a code (in conjunction with the yubikey) and manually type that in.
- DrJokepu 12y agoIf USB ports are disabled, how are the keyboard and the mouse connected? PS/2?
- noisy_boy 12y agoNow that you mentioned it, I think only USB Mass Storage was disabled, not the ports themselves. So the keyboard/mouse etc continue to work.
- mgkimsal 12y agobluetooth?
- harshreality 12y agoRequires batteries. NFC is the obvious choice, and yubikey neo already supports that. Note that (going back to top-level parent comment) current yubikey neos cannot support U2F; all they say is U2F compatible devices will be available sometime [later] this year.
- lotu 12y agoThey can be permanently connected to computer.
- DrJokepu 12y agoYes but even such a solution would surely use some sort of existing internal interface such as USB or PS/2, even if in practice the wires are soldered directly to the motherboard? Otherwise you'd have to build special hardware, controller chips, develop and maintain the driver?