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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: I received my free Yubikey from MtGox today
by
cepler
on 09/08/2011, 19:16:40 UTC
Negative side, it's bound to Mt. Gox so you can't use it as a normal YK on any other site.

Did you try it on http://demo.yubico.com/php-yubico/one_factor.php ?
It is pitty if the key cannot be used outside MtGox (yes, I've read their EULA Smiley AFAIK yubikey has 2 slots for secret key, they can be switched by long tap. I wonder why they removed Yubiko key instead of using the second slot. If they would leave Yubico's secret key then the key could be used on other sites for authentication...

I was under the impression that MtGox used both keys.

Download the personalization tool and take a peek at it:

http://www.yubico.com/personalization-tool

I have two Yubikeys on the way for password database use (ie: Passpack.com, Lastpass.com, 1Password, etc) and have been reading up on them.  Going to try to get the wife to use one... *crosses fingers*