AUSKey was a piece of software designed as an alternate, more secure authentication method for businesses and users of

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websites. The software was developed by

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, and launched by the

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in April 2010 to replace client certificates. In January 2020, it was announced that AUSKey would be retired and superseded in March that year by the newly released

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. On April 1, 2020 AUSKey was retired. AUSKey was available primarily as a

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for

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, and

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, as well as a special Firefox based

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designed for use with a

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. AUSKey was available in two flavours, the "administrator" and "standard" types, designed for organisation administrators and users respectively.{{Cite web, url=https://www.abr.gov.au/auskey/auskey-explained, title=AUSkey explained {{! ABR, last=Register, first=Australian Business, website=www.abr.gov.au, language=en-AU, access-date=2020-03-07

Participating websites

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* NSW Department of Education and Communities * Department of Education and Training and Inclusion Support Programme *

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References

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