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 Post subject: Fastmail problem
PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:53 am 
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Hi,
I started to use fastmail because it supported yubikey, but there is one big problem. Yubikey only get a second alternativ for login, it is impossible to remove the original only password login.


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 Post subject: Re: Fastmail problem
PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:33 am 
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Joined: Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:49 am
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Hi!

Since this post was related to FastMail's authentication policy, we referred this question to the FastMail team and below is their reply:

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We believe that the Yubikey provides a secure mechanism for logging into
your account. Depending on your level of required security, you can use
either 1 factor (just the yubikey) or 2 factor (yubikey + alternate
password) to login to your account. This can be used anywhere you
believe there is a chance that your login information may be
compromised, or if you think your Yubikey might be stolen or lost.

However we still regard a users username + password as the canonical
authentication of the account. Only it can be used to setup new
alternate login methods, and obviously you have to use such a login to
register the Yubikey with your account in the first place. It should
only be used when you know you are on a trusted machine, using a Secure
Login that uses https to send and receive data via an encrypted channel.
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