There’s a whole VIP Manager product for enterprise management, maybe that provides more flexibility and control for advanced users.Īs an end user I prefer Google Authenticator, mostly because I’ve got it set up for several sites already. Symantec VIP is more complex than I’ve seen. That’s not ideal but probably harmless, at least in this application. In the meantime they gave me a temporary 6 digit code that will work many times as my 2FA code. There’s no backup of the token if I lose the phone or something I have to go back to my bank to set up access again, out of band.Īnother slight weirdness my bank says it will take 48 hours to enable the token. There is an option to scan a QR code, so maybe there’s a second identity model. Not sure how Symantec supports having multiple identities or changing your ID. That’s different from the Google Authenticator model where you scan a QR code to set up a new site. I then supply that to every single site that I want to use it for 2FA. The first time I ran the app on my phone it assigned me a “Credential ID”. The Symantec VIP app has a very simple model of user identity. I’m not positive it’s time-based every time I generate a new token, it shows being valid for a full 30 seconds. ![]() The code generated is valid for 30 seconds. I type my password to log in, then am prompted to type a six digit second code from the Symantec VIP app. The basic security model is similar to the VeriSign token or TOTP as implemented by Google Authenticator. Symantec VIP is a mobile phone app, they also sell a hardware token. I just set up Symantec VIP two-factor authentication for my bank account, to replace an old VeriSign hardware token.
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