A serious question for smaller businesses including security-conscience SOHOs, is what’s good for me?
OpenOTP bring an enterprise-grade solution - one that’s free for deployments to 25 or fewer users. It’s an interesting business model that works on a try-before-you-buy basis, effectively capturing a business as they’re initially growing.
Despite the low cost, this really is a true enterprise-level solution. It provides secure and reliable user authentication to online services, intranet/extranet access and secure internet transactions. Its wide-ranging support for software tokens enables J2ME, Windows Mobile, iOS devices, Android and BlackBerry support, plus YubiKey alongside SMS text and email delivery. It also supports a wide range of OATH/HOTP hardware tokens and printed code cards.
OpenOTP can be deployed to a wide-range of Linux distributions on either a dedicated or virtual server. Support is listed to any distribution based on Glic v2.4 or later, but specifically Redhat Enterprice 5.x, Novell SuSE, Unbuntu Server and Centos 5.x. To help smooth deployment it’s connects to most LDAP databases, including Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP and Novell eDirectory. Management of groups and policies is done through its WebADM management console, helping you to easily manage each of the various security applications, authentication policies, LDAP users, groups and domains. RADIUS support is also provided for easy integration to your VPN and any other compatible RADIUS devices.
End-user web apps are included - users can self-administer their tokens via a self-service desk and self-registration system. These can be rolled out to your secure intranet or extranet, helping to further simplify deployment. Online demos and downloads are available so it’s a great one to try out and test in your own time.