Re: Remote Access

From: Ulrich Keil (ulrich@der-keiler.de)
Date: 08/19/02


Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 22:56:38 +0200
From: Ulrich Keil <ulrich@der-keiler.de>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com


On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 07:23:14AM -0400, ralph wrote:
> I'm looking for a more secure way for Remote Access - just UserID/Password is really weaky.
> I think I read somewhere that there is a product which uses on the clientside a 'look like creditcard' which shows on its display the every minute changing response. On the serverside the challange will be generated and showed for each configured client.
> Someone knows this product or can recommend other possibilities?

This produkt is called SecurID and is developed by RSA:

http://www.rsasecurity.com/products/securid/

Just don't forget to update your server frequently (many people using
this excellent produkt forget about this).

Ulrich

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