Spring-like Weather

While the midwest and the northeast brace themselves for a winter storm, interior Alaska is warming up. There was a Chinook wind in the forecast earlier but that's been removed from the forecast. There was a breeze from the south but not really "Chinook worthy". As you can probably guess, the roads have been on the slick side as the surface of the road is still below freezing. A hazy layer of frost builds up on the road.

Last week, I had blogged about a new gadget for two factor authentication. I went ahead and picked up another device for two factor authentication made by the same manufacturer, Yubico. It is much smaller and is designed to be left in the USB port and sticks out only about 1mm from the port. Once the token has been added to your account, you simply log in as usual, select "U2F Token" from the list of second factor methods, the token blinks and you simply tap. This is the Yubikey Neo-N and like the Yubico Security Key, it is only supported on the Chrome browser with the appropriate extension.

The Neo-N supports other authentication methods besides U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) such as one time passwords (OTP) but the additional functionality is limited by the browser. Once the browsers have the capability, additional capabilities are planned to be added. Or more accuratly, you can enable multiple methods to be active at the same time.