Name.com drops Verisign VIP Access for Google Authenticator

Hackers can use CSRF to hijack your domains.

Domain security requires the use of two-factor authentication for accounts.

Name.com announced that it’s switching its two-factor authentication system, from that of Verisign VIP Access, to the Google Authenticator app.

The change is effective on March 5th.

According to the email notifying Name.com customers of this change:

Name.com is changing its Two-Step Verification service on March 5, 2015. On that date Verisign credentials will be shut down, and we’ll exclusively use Google Authenticator for Two-Step Verification.

You can continue using your Verisign credentials until then, but if you do not add Google Authenticator credentials to your account by March 5 you will no longer have Two-Step Verification. Google credentials can be added at any time.

The Google Authenticator app is a free download, and is available on iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices.

To be honest, we liked the Verisign VIP Access app, that also had a desktop version. The Google Authenticator is for mobile devices only.

Two-factor authentication is a must, in a time and era that domain theft is rampant; currently, Uniregistry also uses the Google Authenticator for its two-factor authentication implementation.

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