Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs

Re:Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs by rmc on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @10:13AM (#5244665)

Better, but scrounging up a few million pounds for dongles, plus the non-stop cost and effort of replacing lost and stolen dongles, is not easy for a university, no matter how famous.

Additionally, what OSes will these dongles support? Would you rather "Oxford University bans Windows XP"? or "Oxford University bans iPhones"? etc.

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Re:Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs by thomaslangston on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @11:43AM (#5245241)

Dongles is probably a misnomer here. While dongle probably means something you plug in to authenticate, many two factor auth 'dongles' don't plug in at all. They have a LCD screen that shows a one time use token (6+ digit number) that you enter at the same time as your password.

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Re:Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs by Evbn on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @11:42AM (#5245234)

USB HID spec is cross platform.

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