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Thanks, this is useful. As a custom USB HID device then, I wonder if the OS has to get involved? Or is custom support in the application sufficient?
by rlpb 12y ago
Thanks, this is useful.
As a custom USB HID device then, I wonder if the OS has to get involved? Or is custom support in the application sufficient?
- orclev 12y agoPer the FIDO spec they implement the protocol on top of the standard libUSB that's available as part of all current generation OSes. So yes, in a way, the OS does get involved, but only in so far as it treats it as yet another generic USB device. It's up to the application that implements the FIDO spec to send the proper commands over USB to interface with the HID device.
- yanonymator 12y agoLOL "No need for ... client software..." ... Uses ... built-in support directly into the browser". So when did a browser stop being "client software" ? Never let the truth get in the way of a good advertising claim eh?
- wmf 12y agoSo when did a browser stop being "client software"? Around the time Netscape relegated Windows to a bunch of device drivers?
- cerberusss 12y agoI do understand what they're saying, though. My bank also uses 2FA. You can type a challenge into a dongle, but you can also hook up the dongle. However, it needs a USB driver to work. Every OS update, it's uncertain whether it still works. I don't use it anymore because of that reason. This stuff built into the browser makes it easier.