Tag: YubiKey


Jul 24, 2013
Expanding YubiKey Keyboard Support
Hi. We’ve had a few queries about using the YubiKey with various keyboard layouts, so we thought we’ll spend some time describing the different methods available to do that. Like a USB keyboard, YubiKeys work via inputting scan codes as opposed to actual characters. This means that when you type, the keyboard only sends the …

Mar 7, 2013
The Future of Authentication FAQ
A selection of questions we have received and answered on YubiKey NEO and Universal 2nd Factor (U2F), since this new open authentication standards initiative was announced in Wired Magazine and the Yubico identity vision blog. Why do you want to kill the password? We don’t. Yubico does and will continue to recommend two-factor authentication, consisting …

Jan 21, 2013
Yubico’s Vision for Secure Online Identities
Wired Magazine recently announced that Google is working on a new online authentication initiative as an alternative to legacy username/password login. Yubico is the core inventor behind this protocol, designed to be integrated across a wide range of devices, including YubiKeys, to solve some of the fundamental problems with online identity. And these are problems …

Dec 13, 2012
How YubiKeys Are Made
Scorpion Software, our enterprise software partner, has figured out an alternative way to manufacture YubiKeys. View the video: At Yubico, we have a slightly more automated way of manufacturing our YubiKeys… However a YubiKey is made, you can purchase them from the Yubico Webstore!