Linux targeted with two-factor authentication
A Canada-based security company is looking to target the Linux community with a security product offering two-factor authentication.
Two-factor authentication systems requests something in a user's possession (a smart card, for example) and something they know (such as their PIN), before the user is allowed to access a system.
CryptoCard has launched a backend authentication software package for Red Hat and SuSE Linux servers that enable people to log in using one-time passwords generated by a smartcard they control over the Internet, regardless of the desktop operating system.
