[Linux-aus] Yubikeys

[Rusty Russell]

On Fri, 7 May 2010 01:30:26 pm Russell Coker wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 2010, Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> > In practice, running a
> > server is not core LA business and will not be 100% reliable so is not a
> > good idea.
> 
> As a general rule I agree.
> 
> However if LA is going to provide services to people that need to be 
> authenticated

Let me be clearer: LA will fail to run such a thing reliably.  The committee
is usually sufficient for intermittent tasks, and rarely for ongoing ones.

Publicising some volunteer effort is great.  Paying someone to do it is
possible.  Doing it themselves isn't :(

> Anyone on this list could run their own Yubikey authentication server and 
> allow others to use it.  I think it would be a reasonable use of this list for 
> people to volunteer to provide such IT services to other members.

Agreed.

Thanks,
Rusty.