Physical device "YubiKey" which enables one-touch secure 2-step authentication and so on corresponds to USB Type-C

New MacBook Pro andGoogle PixelAs new standards of USB to be inserted from either side adopted in the latest smart phone and PC etc. are "USB Type-C"is. Although it is USB Type-C which gradually seems to appear with the appearance of compatible terminals, it is one touchone-time passwordAnd secure physical devices that can easily use secure 2-step authentication "YubiKeyWas also announced to comply with the same standard.

NEW YubiKey 4C featuring USB-C revealed at CES 2017 | Yubico
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CES 2017, the world's largest technology trade fair, was held for four days from 5th January to 8th January 2017. Among them, Yubico, a technology company from Sweden, is using "USB Type-C compatible"YubiKey 4CWe announced.

In the first place, what kind of device is YubiKey is a device to make "password management" overwhelmingly simple and secure, which is necessary for using various software and hardware. You can generate and input "one time password" which is a one time valid password by simply pressing the button attached to the main unit, and you can also use two-step authentication of FIDO U2F and smart card / PIV function . In addition, it does not need a battery, dedicated software and drivers are unnecessary, waterproofing and shockproofing are provided, and there are track record of being used in Swedish municipalities and schools, Turkish government, American fire department, and others.

You can understand exactly how to use such Yubikey by looking at the following movie.

Introducing the Yubikey with Japanese subtitles - YouTube


Yubikey announced "YubiKey 4C" compatible with USB Type-C. According to Yubico, the device developer, the request of users such as the new MacBook Pro and MacBook with all USB terminals set to USB Type-C has led to the birth of YubiKey 4C. Yubico explains about the new YubiKey 4C, "YubiKey 4C is the world's first multi-protocol USB Type-C authentication device".


Basically like YubiKey 4, YubiKey 4C supports Yubico one-time password, two-step authentication of OATH, FIDO U2F, RSA 4096 OpenPGP, smart card / PIV function and so on.

In addition, YubiKey 4C will be sold at local time in January 13, 2017 at Yubico store for $ 50 (about 5700 yen), and it is "Coming Soon" at the time of article creation.

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