Getting Started with TextKey™

What is TextKey™?

Why settle for two-factor authentication when you can get an industry leading seven-factors of authentication?

TextKey™ is an award winning, patent-pending next-generation omni-factor authentication™ (seven-factors of authentication) system that is highly secure, simple to install and easy to use. It can be used to protect web sites, mobile devices, virtual private networks (VPNs) or any other data that requires privacy, confidentiality or restricted access. It works by having users send a simple text message (SMS) FROM their cell phones INTO the TextKey™ system to authenticate their identity.

How TextKey™ works

TextKey™ offers an easy and effective solution to adding multiple layers of security above standard authentication.

Standard authentication involves entering a login name and password and validating those credentials. TextKey™ adds up to 6 additional layers of security above standard authentication.

You enter your login name and password as usual. Upon validating that your login name and password is valid, you will be prompted to text a unique code (displayed on the browser window) from your mobile phone to verify that it is you. When you send the text with that unique code from your phone, the TextKey™ system will authenticate you based on the following six factors of authentication:

  • Unique code
  • Cell phone number
  • Cell phone's UDID
  • Dynamically assigned destination (the phone number/5 digit short code to which the unique code was sent)
  • An optional fixed personal pin you can choose to append to the unique code for additional security
  • A single use URL to show the unique code and the dynamically assigned destination on the browser window

Why do I need TextKey™?

Traditional login name and password authentication isn't as secure as it used to be. Simply put, if someone gets your password, they can access your account. Having at least a Two-factor authentication solves this problem. Of course, having TextKey™ will provide 6 times the security as a traditional Two-factor authentication system.

What makes TextKey™ different from other two factor SMS authentication?

In a typical SMS authentication scheme, the user is sent an access code via a SMS. The user must enter this code to access the site. TextKey™ has reversed the process and in turn made authentication securely tied to the phone the SMS verification is coming from. Instead of being sent a validation code, the user is prompted to text a TextKey™ code that is tied uniquely to your phone and the site then checks to ensure that code is received and that it came from the correct phone. TextKey™ provides 6 times the security as a traditional Two-factor authentication system.

What are the costs breakouts for using TextKey™?

TextKey™ is completely free for up to 10 users (registered cell phone numbers). For more than 10 users the cost is $4.99/user/month. Volume discounts are available so check with us for details.