RSA SecureID Pissing Contest

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I now have two of these fuckin' things. Luckily for me RSA figured nobody would have more than one so I have to remember to check the serial # on the back to make sure that I use the one ending in 510 for my employer intranet and the one that doesn't end in 510 for the incident response portal!

Bitches! I rule!

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

Are you lonely?

― [use of street parade as pivotal set piece] (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

I have two devices which spit different pseudorandom numbers at me every 60 seconds, you idiot. How could I be lonely or sick of this job?

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Thanks for answering my question.

― [use of street parade as pivotal set piece] (nordicskilla), Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.acidlife.com/~thane/journal/archives/pi.jpg

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

http://fumbling.com/blog/suicide-booth.jpg

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

Joshua, what are you doing?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

ugh, i deal with these things all day.

― Jeff-Beetle (Jeff), Thursday, 29 December 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

Is this one of those token things where a 9 digit number appears on your computer screen, and you type it into the token, and then the token gives a NEW 9 digit number to type into the computer? Those suck. I've had to call our helpdesk a few times at 3 AM when I got locked off our network for typing the numbers wrong. Our company thinks there's nothing wrong with asking its geeks to type two random 9 digit numbers in -without any mistakes- when they get paged & woken up at night. Evil. evil evil evil.

On the bright side, I put a Cookie Monster sticker on mine so that it wouldn't get confused with my roommates, since we both keep them lying on the coffee table half the time. This amuses me far more than it should.

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 30 December 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)

The question remains, Tom, are they USB or non USB.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 30 December 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)

xpost yeah tom, use a fucking labelmaker or something.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 30 December 2005 06:56 (twenty years ago)

It's like the hatch in Lost, dude!

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 30 December 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)

No it's this fucking thing:

http://www.conscia.dk/Files/Billeder/Forretningsomr/securid_key.jpg
Except put two of them on the same keychain instead of just the one. The 6 digit number changes every 60 seconds; a 6-cell time bar on the left end of the readout lets you know how long before it changes again so you can think twice before bothering to type in one that's got only 10 seconds left to live.

I love the whole idea that two-factor authentication is somehow so much better than passwords. because nobody could ever intercept a hash crossing the network, or con you into giving up your 60 second #. 60 seconds is better than 30 days because oh wait, an active session lasts forever, never fucking mind.

RISK MANAGEMENT OR DEONTOLOGY - PICK ONE FFS

BTW Ed nice Schematic records t-shirt, I have that one too

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

I have a wallet sized one of these. I never use it.

― Polysix Bad Battery (cprek), Friday, 30 December 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

You really, REALLY need to get a better job than this, Tom. Hypertension awaits otherwise.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 30 December 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

i have three of them. i win

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 30 December 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

Shit.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)

they aren't REALLY RSA SecureID token generators though, they're some other type.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 30 December 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

BOOYAH

― TOMBOT, Friday, 30 December 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

I have one identical to tom's, but I have no idea where it is currently! This is what I get for never logging in from home.

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 30 December 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

Ha! I've avoided being given one of these for nearly two years, even though I ostensibly work for the IT dept. Also, no prox card for the building, so I can't even get in on weekends. Just the key to my office/lab and that's it.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 30 December 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

FWIW Tom yr visual zing amused me very much =)

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 31 December 2005 06:09 (twenty years ago)

These have been around since 1997 or so, they've always looked exactly like this, too. I never got one until a few months ago, though. I told myself it was nothing special, nothing new, and still found myself explaining them like a twat to everyone I knew.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 31 December 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

Last I heard, my friend had completely violated the point of hers by leaving it on her desk at home with a webcam pointed at it. Optical recognition software reads the number every minute and feeds it into a script that uses the number to download her super-secret POP mail and forward it all to her Gmail account.

― Paul Eater (eater), Saturday, 31 December 2005 19:37 (twenty years ago)

That is the greatest story that has ever been told.

― TOMBOT, Saturday, 31 December 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

tom, has Tracer been showing you photos? or did you set up video bugs in my flat 2 years ago?

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 1 January 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

So, for anyone who's not a _complete_ geek, what the hell are those things?

― mei (mei), Sunday, 1 January 2006 16:52 (twenty years ago)

SecureID is for help desk support and call centre lackeys. I suppose it's a step up from bragging about learning CSS.

― baba, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

SecureID is for the children.

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Anyay, I met some smart fellow in the airport who had taken it upon himself to TAPE one to the back of his LAPTOP. He worked as some kind of researcher for a very large American drug corporation.

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:34 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

OH GOD MY TOKEN SCREEN HAS GONE BLANK

― sunny successor, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:43 (eighteen years ago)

One of these is enough. I couldn't handle two.

― jeff, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:09 (eighteen years ago)

They only last like a year or so before they enter the suicide booth of their own freewill.

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

I have three now.

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

This is definitely a good opportunity for you to invest in cellie charms, Tomboto.

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:51 (eighteen years ago)

dude

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

Here are some ideas to get you started:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/51/imageuploadimageme3.jpg
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9591/imageuploadimagequ4.jpg
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9216/imageuploadimageer4.jpg

― libcrypt, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

if you can't hide your rsa key in a ripped baby, where can you hide it

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:14 (eighteen years ago)

^ 2010 desk calendar quote

― sunny successor, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

Tombot needs some way to get his RSA SecurIDs to match his steampunk daily wear.

― Kerm, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 14:43 (eighteen years ago)

what is up with the wallet-sized ones

i have two, one normal, one wallet-sized

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 17:59 (eighteen years ago)

I highly resent the characterization of eddie bauer apparel as steampunk

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

how do I get schmutz off my RSA SecurID? you know, the fob part?

― gabbneb, Monday, 19 May 2008 18:12 (eighteen years ago)

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