Re: 2nd hand RSA SecurID tokens + ACE server
From: cissp (cissp_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/03
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 05:23:22 GMT
"/dev/null" </dev/null@spamfreeworld.uni> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> For a small office (my wife can 3 of her colleagues) I like to implement
> one time based token authentication. I'm currently OPIE/S-key for remote
access
> which works ok but is not particularly user friendly.
>
> My thought is to convert these users to token based authentication
possibly
> without paying $ 10k. On Ebay you can buy RSA SecurID Tokens, they are
> reasonably prices ($7 p/token), I still have an old Sun Sparc 20 around
with
> Solaris 2.6 which could run as an SecurID/Ace server.
>
> Does anybody know if it's possible to buy a 2nd hand SecurID/Ace server +
licence
> and configure the tokens bought on E-bay to authenticate against this
server like
> I propose. Or would I run into problems with either the licencing
agreements with
> RSA or with something like the the token seed decryption?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - Brendan
>
It has been awhile since I read through the ACE/Server license. I don't
think it is transferable. The other issue you will have is getting the
token seed data. The token alone is of no value. You must also have the
seed record that defines the token to the ACE/Server.
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