Either case negates the usefulness of the Yubikey (unless you can afford to burn everything down and build it back up if it breaks).Today, we are excited to share some updates regarding the next highly-anticipated members of our YubiKey family: the upcoming YubiKey Bio in both USB-A and USB-C form factors.

What happens when I lose/break it? I feel like I either have to leave myself a back door or risk being locked out of everything.

HP Keyboard KUS1206 with built in Smart Card reader Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) SmartCafe Expert 7.0 (SCP03)

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) SmartCafe Expert 6.0 (SCP03) Gemalto ID Classic 230 / TOP IM CY2 64kv2 The following smart cards and readers are supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

What the hell are all of these other “smart cards”? I get the impression that they aren’t as multi-functional as yubi, but I don’t fully understand the difference in context.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I think I have 2 lingering questions about the Yubikey. If ever some web services recognized for their privacy as or others will change their point of view on it, i will reconsider it but for now it’s pretty much what everybody should use to protect their password manager, web services account or things like that.Īnd also if you have whatever questions or angst about something, their customer support at yubico is amazing. I was a bit afraid at first because it’s basically Java applets burned into the keys but we tried to hack it and didn’t succeed yet. There is no alternatives at the moment, and I think it’s simply because the technology is copyrighted but I could be wrong. You can use them for ssh, for web services, for auth with Mac, Windows ( more or less), and Linux like qubes os.

You can really use them in confidence as you can do for password manager, you just need to apply same kind of security that’s all. I also try to keep it up to date, so when a new gen is coming out I replace my whole stack in general. I use it for years and own 10 or so.Īnd I use groups of them for various use. Yubikey is pretty much bulletproof if you don’t let them laying around.

Alternative yubikey