Boost Your WordPress Security with a Yubikey

The Yubikey plugin for Wordpress integrates with Yubikey password devices to give you provide you with a multifactor one-time password for your blog.  A Yubikey is a small inexpensive, about $25 U.S. Dollars, USB password generator. These devices are used to make it considerably more difficult to gain access to a computer account by using a two-factor authentication process and one-time passwords.

The plugin uses the Yubico Web service API to make your key work. The one-time password requirement can be enabled on a per user basis. That means you can use it to restrict admin access more effectively or you could require all the authors on your blog to have a key to get in. You need to get an API key and a Yubikey for this plugin to work.  But if you’re concerned about security, this may be worth the money it costs to get a Yubikey. It is a great way to increase security on your blog.

Written by Ryan Edmunds from CrunchPlay.com
Posted on June 10th, 2009 and filed under WordPress
Do not forget to subscribe to our RSS feed for updates

1