MN MLS Tokenless Switchover to Start this Week

From the Northstar MLS Site, April 5, 2010.

Starting this week, we will ask MN MLS users to switch over to the new tokenless SafeMLS login system.  The first thing you will notice is that there will be a new Tokenless login section on the Login screen (in addition to the existing login with PIN and token password).  Both will be available until we have everyone switched over to Tokenless.

At the start of the week, we will switch over MLS and Association staff to ensure there are no issues.  Then NorthstarMLS users will start switching.  Because switchovers to the new tokenless security system require a set amount of server resources, the process needs to be managed gradually over several weeks.  As a result, you cannot choose when you want to switch.  The system will automatically prompt you to make the switch when there is room on the enrollment server at the time you log in.  We understand everyone is anxious to make the change, so we appreciate your patience with this process.

When you are prompted to switchover, you will follow two quick steps.  The first is to enter new answers to your 3 secret questions (birth city, birth year and mother’s middle name).  You will be newly answering these, so they do not have to match your responses from your token enrollment last year.  Second, you will enter your new MLS Minnesota password that you create.  Your new password must be at least 8 characters, include both letters and at least one number, and no number or letter may be repeated more than three times in a row.

After you enroll, you will log on to NorthstarMLS systems using the Tokenless section of the login screen, entering your user ID and new password.  You will no longer need your token, you will no longer enter a PIN, and your password will remain the same until you choose to change it.  Also after enrollment, your SafeMLS token will automatically be deactivated.  Because your token has a battery in it, we encourage you to return it to your Association for recycling and not throw it in the trash.

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