GitHub Kisses Passwords Goodbye

3 years ago thenewstack.io

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We’ve all known for ages now that passwords don’t provide good enough security. The top developer site GitHub has had enough second-rate security.

GitHub provides a detailed guide for setting up your YubiKey with GitHub for commit verification and for SSH-based authentication. GitHub has also partnered with Yubico to create a step-by-step video guide to help you enable your security key for SSH keys and commit verification.

Considering the endless security problems that can be traced back to passwords that day can’t come soon enough.

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