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Online security has become a major concern for most people. Every day, we hear about hacks, breaches, and stolen data. With cybercriminals lurking on the internet, it’s essential to take every step necessary to protect yourself. Two-factor authentication (2FA) is one such step that you can take to safeguard your online accounts or your local … Read more
To use the SMS validation feature of the CodeB app, please follow these three steps: Firstly, after installing the app, configure and confirm your mobile number in the “Settings” menu by selecting “Own Number” and pressing “OK”. Secondly, configure your carrier’s CodeB Identity Node by selecting “CodeB Identity” in the “Settings” menu. The default setting … Read more
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is the standard today to enable secure communication over the web, sign document or to encrypt sensitive data. PKI comprises digital certificates managed by the certificate authorities (CAs) to verify the user’s identity. However, the security of PKI is unfortunately reliant on the reliability of these third-party CAs. This serves as … Read more
Windows Credential Providers are the primary mechanism for user authentication—they currently are the only method for users to prove their identity which is required for logon and other system authentication scenarios. With Windows 10 and the introduction of Microsoft Passport, credential providers are more important than ever; they will be used for authentication into apps, … Read more
Storing and sharing your valuable documents in the cloud has many disadvantages such as lack of security, limited quotas and missing redundancies. CodeB’s Self-Sovereign Identities are built for the secure storage of valuable attributes and credentials. In combination with its distributed offchain storage system every identity contract can store and manage an unlimited amount of … Read more
Is the seemingly paradoxical notion of “Authenticated Anonymity” possible or is authentication essentially incompatible with anonymity? Anonymity and specifically sender anonymity have become essential requirements for many privacy-related applications. On the other hand, anonymity may be abused for various malicious activities. With the new feature “Authenticated Anonymity” CodeB addresses both with protocols for authenticated anonymous … Read more
As with NextCloud, WordPress and Auth0 it is very easy to integrate CodeB’s Self-Sovereign Identities into other systems. To Integrate CodeB’s SSI into WIX follow the steps below: Add Values in “Secrets Manager” The following 4 values are essential for the OpenID Scripts to work: Include CodeB’s Scripts You need to include the public script … Read more
In our article “Integrate CodeB into Auth0 as Enterprise Connection” we explained how to integrate the distributed identities of CodeB into Auth0. But not every Auth0 subscription allows to create enterprise connections. To integrate CodeB via plain OAuth2 (Social Connection) is very easy. Go to Authentication -> Social Press button “Create Connection” Use “https://portal.codeb.io/” as … Read more
The Self-Sovereign Identity System of CodeB does not only support W3C DID’s but comes also with an inbuilt OpenID Connect (OIDC) Identity Provider. OpenID Connect meets distributed Self-Sovereign Identities. Integration of the Identity Provider into existing systems is extremely easy. In this article we use Auth0 as an example: 2. Create Connection 3. Configure as shown … Read more
Most popular web based applications such as NextCloud, WordPress, etc. are supported by many OpenID Connect Clients available but it looks complete different for less popular or in-house applications. For demonstration purpose we have created a plain vanilla JavaScript Library so that OpenID Connect Connectivity can be implemented with just one include directive referencing our … Read more