How to setup 2-factor authentication with One-Time-Passwords delivered by Email

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Rohos Logon Key allows to protect Windows Terminal Server by using 2-factor authentication with One-Time-Passwords. Using Google authenticator as OTP generator requires to deliver and store OTP secret key on the mobile device of end-user in mobile email, SMS or Google Authenticator application.

In order to improve security you can setup your Windows Server to generate and deliver One-Time-Password to the end-user by using SMS messages or Email which is also reliable and free. With this feature there is no need to send OTP secret key and setup Google Authenticator on mobile device of end user.
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Rohos Logon Key v3.4 with Active Directory support

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Updated: July 2024

Dear users and customers, we are glad to announce the first release of a major update of the Rohos Logon Key for Windows. Now Rohos Logon Key automatically detects Active Directory environment and uses Active Directory storage to keep domain-wide settings and list of authentication keys and devices. We have completely refactored Rohos Remote Config utility and Key Manager. Applying multi-factor authentication in Active Directory has never been so easy!
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Rohos Logon Key 3.3

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We are happy to announce Rohos Logon Key v.3.3 with many improvements and one nice feature.

In Version 3.3:

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Rohos Logon Key v.3.1

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Rohos Logon Key v 3.1 allows you to implement a two-factor authentication policy, based on a user list or user groups in Active Directory. This allows you to verify two-factor authentication and apply it step by step. New features:

  • Improved option Allow login only using a USB key
  • Added function Check Key Serial Number. It restricts the keys allowed for login.
  • Configurable messages for users have been added: in the login window, in the Rohos Logon Key main program window, and in the key settings window.
  • Added Users and Keys dialog box for viewing and managing the list of created keys and users.
  • Changed licensing policy: a Server License for Windows terminal service has been added. Now the license covers the computer. The RFID token license has been withdrawn.
  • The Rohos Management Tools program suite is now provided free of charge.

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Addimat USB2 Waiter Lock

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We would like to turn your attention to one more device designed for secure user authentication on Windows and compatible with Rohos Logon Key. This is the RFID tag from the Swiss company Addimat.

It was originally designed for identifying wait staff in pizzerias, restaurants, and cafés. It consists of an RFID reader with a round magnetic opening and a set of matching cylindrical keys. Each key has a rugged and waterproof body. Woven into the body of the key is an individual 48-byte serial number and a PIN code, which in some models can be reprogrammed.

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Protecting your computer and data with ruToken

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Authenticating for Windows and accessing a secret disk with a ruToken key.

User authentication and identification on Windows with USB keys.In short: now the popular ruToken identification device can be used in Rohos Logon Key and Rohos Disk as the one key needed to log in to Windows and your protected data. Rohos Logon Key works fully on Windows Vista/7 and also supports authorization for remote desktops using a ruToken. User authentication and identification with USB keys.
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Windows 10 support

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Windows10logoWe are welcome you to try Rohos Logon Key and Rohos Disk Encryption software on a new amazing operating system released by Microsoft recently.

And we would like to publish a few notes about Windows 10 support.

For Rohos Logon Key:

  • After installing Windows 10 please update it with the latest (Aug 5) Cumulative Update for Windows 10. This will fix an issue when all credentials icons may disappear from logon screen.

For Rohos Disk Encryption:

  • Main window > Tools menu commands sometimes leads to “Script error” error message. Just click on Command name a few more times to use it.
  • “Unable to Format drive” error appears after Rohos Disk Create command. You need to format new Rohos disk volume by using Windows explorer.

We are working to resolve these issues.

The exceptionally small Rutoken Micro authentication device

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Simply put, if you own a notebook and are concerned about the security of your information, then you should take a look at the micro version of this IT security key. Here you’ll learn about the Rutoken ECP Micro from Russia and the major advantages of its miniature design.

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Automatically logon in Windows 8

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Sometimes it is necessary to provide a user the automatically logon in Windows
without using of any key and password. Administrator’s account, however, must be protected with a password and hardware key.

Windows 8 allows you to login without writing a password, although it was assigned.

For example, we’ve created a user account User321, and assigned a
password for it. For administrative purposes we have got an Admin with
his own password on the same machine.
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