A static password requires no back-end server integration, and works with most legacy username/password solutions.
Using Yubico Authenticator
To configure the static password using Yubico Authenticator, you will need to download the application. Once Yubico Authenticator has been downloaded and installed, you can begin configuring the static password by using the following steps.
- Open Yubico Authenticator
- Open the OTP application section within Yubico Authenticator.
- Choose one of the slots to configure.
Note: Slot 1 is preconfigured from the factory with Yubico OTP
and if overwritten you would need to re-program the slot with Yubico
OTP if you intend to use this feature in the future. - Select Static Password
- Select the keyboard type (e.g. US, UK or DE) and if new line needs to be added or removed by selecting the button.
- Click ↻ to generate a new random 38 character password.
- Click save to write the static password to the slot.
Using YubiKey Manager
To configure a static password using YubiKey Manager, you'll need to first download the application. Once YubiKey Manager has been downloaded, you can configure a static password using the following steps:
- Open YubiKey Manager
- Open the OTP application within YubiKey Manager, under the "Applications" tab
- Choose one of the slots to configure.
Note: Slot 1 is preconfigured from the factory with Yubico OTP
and if overwritten you would need to re-program the slot with Yubico
OTP if you intend to use this feature in the future. - Select Static Password.
- If you want to set your own 38 character password on the slot select Allow any character check box to have the password written to the selected slot.
- Click Generate to generate a new random 38 character password.
- Click Finish to write the static password to the slot.
Using the YubiKey Personalization Tool
To configure a static password using YubiKey Personalization Tool, you'll need to first download the application. You can configure a static password using the following steps:
- When configured in Advanced mode, the static password can contain up to 64 characters, modhex only. You cannot choose your own password. However, you can add a single exclamation point (!), capital letter, and number to conform with strong password policies
Tips: Increase the password size to 65 characters by selecting the
option to Send ! as prefix in the Advanced mode settings.
An example password would be:
!NN33niugtdnbblhjllctlndfljduijcebretnbjdfiueiijbftjlnkdecluvhfuf - When configured in Scan code mode, the static password can contain up to 38 characters; can be any ASCII 256 characters - while shorter capability in length, this option does allow custom passwords to be generated.
Note: We recommend you use the YubiKey in static password mode for
only part of your password. To do this, manually enter a simple
and easy-to-remember first part of your password, then use the
YubiKey to enter a strong second part of your password.
As an example password Sunny33rcltrcihbkkiulnveuenervidliliifv
where Sunny33 is manually entered.
The the static password rcltrcihbkkiulnveuenervidliliifv
is stored on, and entered by, the YubiKey.
For more information
- For more information about static passwords, see the YubiKey Static Password Function white paper.
- For more information on how to use the YubiKey Personalization Tool to configure static passwords, see the YubiKey Personalization Tool User's Guide.