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I have Windows, Mac, and Linux computers; but I am only able to connect to some of my company's websites through the Windows and Mac machines at the moment because they are the only ones with RSA SecurID software tokens. I'm curious: is it possible to set up a SecurID software token to work on a Linux system (in my case, Ubuntu)?

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Is tehre something else going on here? Some sort of single-sign-on system in addition to the tokens? – PriceChild Nov 11 '11 at 16:59
@PriceChild: To be honest, I don't think I understand how RSA tokens work well enough to even get what you're asking. All I know is that typically, to access certain sites within my company I have to enter the string displayed by my software token into an input box. Then I can log in. Since I don't have such a token on my Linux machine, I view the websites as inaccessible. Perhaps that's grossly inaccurate; like I said, I don't really understand the whole system well enough to know. – Dan Tao Nov 11 '11 at 22:49
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There isn't a RSA Software token for linux, so you will need to resort to using Wine (or running windows in a virtual machine). There is a thread here where the Wine version and RSA Software version detailed that has been found to work.

Another alternative would be to get a phone based token so you are not reliant on a specific desktop and the flakiness of wine. Most phone platforms are supported.

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The phone-based solution was right in front of me the whole time and I was too stupid to notice! – Dan Tao Nov 26 '11 at 2:08
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