Message-ID: <546412AB.7090404@DeFaria.com> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:08:43 -0800 From: Andrew DeFaria User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yubico Support Subject: Glutten for punishment... Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060602060101040803010204" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060602060101040803010204 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OK I returned the Yubico Security key thing and bought the Yubikey Neo. I'm on Windows 7 with Chrome 38.0.2125.111 m. I even have the FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) extension 0.9.3 installed. I go to http://demo.yubico.com/start/u2f/neo?tab=register and insert my key. Unlike the instructions my yubikey is not a "flashing U2F device" - the light is on solid. I hit the button anyway. It does nothing but eventually times out with: Registration failed! Make sure you have a U2F device connected, and try again. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/root/python-u2flib-server-demo/examples/yubiauth_server.py", line 159, in __call__ raise Exception("FIDO Client error: %s" % error) Exception: FIDO Client error: 5 (TIMEOUT) /root? Really? Similarly when I go to my Google account under Security Keys and follow the instruction there the yubikey doesn't do anything! When I tap the gold circle the light goes out for a brief second then back on. But the "Now insert (and tap) your Security Key" with the spinning progress indicator goes forever... Now what? -- Andrew DeFaria ClearSCM, Inc. --------------060602060101040803010204 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit OK I returned the Yubico Security key thing and bought the Yubikey Neo. I'm on Windows 7 with Chrome  38.0.2125.111 m. I even have the FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) extension 0.9.3 installed.

I go to http://demo.yubico.com/start/u2f/neo?tab=register and insert my key. Unlike the instructions my yubikey is not a "flashing U2F device" - the light is on solid. I hit the button anyway. It does nothing but eventually times out with:

Registration failed!

Make sure you have a U2F device connected, and try again.

 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/python-u2flib-server-demo/examples/yubiauth_server.py", line 159, in __call__
    raise Exception("FIDO Client error: %s" % error)
Exception: FIDO Client error: 5 (TIMEOUT)
/root? Really?

Similarly when I go to my Google account under Security Keys and follow the instruction there the yubikey doesn't do anything! When I tap the gold circle the light goes out for a brief second then back on. But the "Now insert (and tap) your Security Key" with the spinning progress indicator goes forever...

Now what?
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Andrew DeFaria
ClearSCM, Inc.
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