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OpenID Launches CallVerifID For Strong Authentication
On Monday, JanRain, a leader in the OpenID community will introduce a new "strong authentication" option to it’s myOpenID.com users. This new strong authentication is named CallVerifID and could replace access keys and keycard devices over time. CallVerifID uses the PhoneFactor service from Positive Networks.
Janrain explains how this new verification service works, "This phone-based authentication service can use any phone (mobile or landline) as a second authentication factor. The user enters a myOpenID username and password as usual, then simply answers an automated instant telephone call and presses #. This completes the authentication process. Complete two-factor authentication and identity protection is instantly enabled with no need for tokens, smart cards or certificates. CallVerifID is currently available for free to myOpenID users and as an additional service for business clients provisioning OpenIDs to both customers and employees."
This works with myOpenID as the OpenID provider and can work with other OpenID providers as well. myOpenID always runs in SSL secure mode which keeps the security level on high. Audit trail that will alert users to unauthorized access to their account. To signup, go to myOpenID and select CallVerifID as the authentication provider.
Last month JanRain launched the OpenID selector which is a way to easily login without having to remember the OpenID username string.
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Just a small correction to your article: ID Selector wasn’t launched by OpenID or the OpenID Foundation but by JanRain. So in this respect your article on ID Selector is a little bit misleading.
Thanks Carsten – to be honest, writing about OpenID is always difficult for me when posting the news because of all of the companies involved and who does what. I will correct the post and thanks for the correction!
No worries, Allen. Basically OpenID is just the protocol. Also the OpenID Foundation won’t launch any tools, I guess. So it’s always a company – an OpenID Provider or a relying party (=a website that consumes OpenIDs) – that offers tools, libraries,…
you are hired – you do the openid stories from now on :)
Ha, ha. Then you will always be late on news as it’s usually late at night here when there is stuff to report about. ;)
I love the conversation here. That’s great. Allen, you ROCK! Not to mention you and Carsten move blazing fast. I just got done reading and posting a comment on Carsten’s OpenID and online shopping story. Good stuff!
:)