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Re: Entrust - Identity Guard - Any experience?


From: Saqib Ali <docbook.xml () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:26:24 -0700

Exactly. When it comes to authentication, you can choose between
"higher cost" and "higher risk". Hardware token is higher cost, while
Entrust Identity Guard is higher risk.

On 8/19/05, Mary Ann Burns <maburns () safenet-inc com> wrote:
two-factor authentication is (1) something physical (USB key) with
(2)something you know (pin) There is no such thing as 2-Factor
authentication without a physical device. Plus a USB key is easy to use and
deploy and it works vs trying a cheap short ends up being twice the trouble
because it takes twice the effort since it can take allot of time, wastes
allot of money and does not work in the end. Know what I mean.......


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