Use standard USB flash disk as security token

Posted by Harun Baris Bulut on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Harun Baris Bulut
Published on 2010-02-26T10:14:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 19:43 UTC
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We want our users in company to login their computers by using their USB Flash Disks or something else. Is there a way to achieve this without buying a USB token from a company ?

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