Web User - UK (2019-11-27)

Browsethe‘WorkswithYubiKeyCatalog’
todiscovercompatibleservices

TakeYubico’squiztofindoutwhichtype

ofYubiKeyisbestforyourneeds

Secureanything withaUSB stick

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ubicooffersaselectionofkeys

aimedatdifferentaudiences

(homeusers,businesses,

governmentagencies)anddevices

(computers,smartphones).Whichone

youchoosewilldependonyour

personalneedsandthedevicesyouuse.

Theeasiestwaytonarrowdownyour

optionsistotaketheYubiKeyquizat

http://www.yubico.com/quiz.Thiswillaskyou

whattypeofuseryouare(individual,IT/

securityprofessional,government

worker)andthetypeofportsyou’llbe

usingthekeywith–USB-A(the

commonone),USB-CorLightning.The

quizoffersdrawingsoftheportsif

you’renotsurewhichonesyouhave.

You’llbeaskedifyouwanttousethe

YubiKeywithanAndroidNFC-enabled

phoneortablet(unlessyouchoosethe

AppleLightningoption)andwhatyou

plantodowiththekey.Onceyou’ve

finishedtheshortquiz,you’llbeshown

theproductthatmostcloselymatches

yourneeds.

Themostpopularoptionisthe

YubiKey5Serieswhichisavailablefor

USB-A,USB-C,NFCandLightning.

TheUSB-Aversioncosts£ 42 instores

suchasAmazon(bit.ly/yubi5 489 ),while

theNanoversion(averytinykey)is

£46(bit.ly/yubinano 489 ).Ifyoudon’t

needallthefeaturesofferedbythe

YubiKey5,thenyoushouldchoosethe

SecurityKeyinstead.Thisisavailable

forUSB-AwithNFCfor£25 (bit.ly/

yubisecurity 489 ).

IfyouwanttouseaYubiKeytolog

intoaWindows 1 0PCinstantly,keepan

eyeoutfortheYubiKeyBio–seebelow.

toprovideadditionalauthentication,

asmentionedpreviously.However,you

willbeabletodothiswiththenew

YubiKeyBio(seebox,bottomright).

AppleMacownerscanuseaYubiKey

tologinusingtheSmartCard

functionality.There’saconfiguration

guidewhichexplainshowtodothisat

bit.ly/yubmac4 89 .Awordofwarning,

however:theguidedoesn’tcoverthe

latestversionofmacOS–Catalina.

LinuxusersusetheYubicoPluggable

AuthenticationModule(PAM),andthere

areinstructionsforthisatbit.ly/

yubpam4 89.

TheBritishgovernmentisactuallythe

firstgovernmentintheworldtosupport

FIDOU2F,andGov.ukVerify(bit.ly/

gov4 89 )letsyouuseanumberof

governmentserviceswithoutneedingto

verifyyouridentityonlineorwaitfora

lettertoarriveinthepost.Youcanuseit

toapplyforUniversalCredit,fileyour

taxreturn,checkyourstatepensionand

muchmore,andfurtherserviceswillbe

addedinduecourse.Touseyour

YubiKey,you’llneedtoregisteritwith

Digidentity(www.digidentity.eu),oneof

thegovernment’scertified identity

serviceproviders .See bit.ly/digid489

formoredetails.

Youcan useaYubiKey to loginto the
government’s online services moreeasily

WHICHYUBIKEY SHOULDIBUY?

YubiKeydevicescome

withabuttonorgold

diskthatyoupress

whenauthenticating

with awebsite.

However, they don’t

include afingerprint

reader (evenifitlooks

as if they do). Yubico

haslong been rumoured

to be workingona

biometric keywitha

built-in fingerprint

reader and, at this

year’s Microsoft Ignite conferen ce at thestart of November,the company

finally previewedits first such product–the YubiKeyBio ( bit.ly/yubibio489).

TheBio key will supportbothfingerprintand PI N-basedlogins,and work

with th ebiometric enrolmentand man agementfeaturesthatare builtinto

Windows 10.LikeYubico’ sother securitykeys, YubiKeyBio doesn’t require

abattery,drivers oradditional software.There’snowordonprici ng or

availa bilityatt he momentbut Yubicodoes sayit’s“comingsoon”, so we’re

hopingitmight arriveint imefor Christmas.

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