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I happy to announce that first release of the Yubico .NET Membership Provider!  The alpha release of the provider validates Yubikey one-time passwords against Yubico's public validation servers.  This realease can be easily integrated into ASP.NET websites to provide simple Yubikey authentication.

Labels: .NET, Authentication, Yubikey, Yubiking

After recently receiving my first Yubikey in the mail I was so inspired by device that I decided to do a little development against it. One of the most obvious uses of the Yubikey is for authentication of web site users. After a few minutes of searching the web I was unable to find an existing .NET membership provider. With the lack of an existing provider and the new Yubico Yubiking contest in full swing, I decieded to take on the creation of a Yubikey membership provider myself.

The goal of the Yubico .NET Membership Provider is to implement the Yubikey authentication using the standard .NET Membership Provider Model. This will allow any developer using ASP.NET to easily add Yubikey functionality to their site.

When complete the Yubico .NET Membership Provider should allow authentication of Yubikeys against either the public Yubico validation server or a private validation server. It should also allow for configuration of single, or multi-factor authentication.

I truely believe that the Yubikey is finally making advanced security accessible. I'm looking forward to showing it off to my clients and seeing their reaction. I'll post more information about the progress of the project as it unfolds.

Labels: .NET, Authentication, Yubikey, Yubiking