Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-08 Thread Max Nikulin
On 08/08/2024 11:58, Jeffrey Walton wrote: ++. I find the W3C's clipboard API and event API very dangerous. "clipboardchange" event is not supported making enough people unhappy. Reading/writing is protected by either user gesture context or by permissions. However a chance of unwanted acces

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-07 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:22 PM Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 07/08/2024 11:40, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > In my threat model, if I already have an application running under > > my own user ID, I call XKCD 1200 [1] on it. > > Browser JavaScript API allows to read and write clipboard. It is > protecte

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-07 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 08, 2024 at 09:21:45AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 07/08/2024 11:40, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > In my threat model, if I already have an application running under > > my own user ID, I call XKCD 1200 [1] on it. > > Browser JavaScript API allows to read and write clipboard. It is pr

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-07 Thread Max Nikulin
On 07/08/2024 11:40, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: In my threat model, if I already have an application running under my own user ID, I call XKCD 1200 [1] on it. Browser JavaScript API allows to read and write clipboard. It is protected to some extent by user prompts. On the other hand in ChromeOS

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-07 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 7 Aug 2024 10:11 +0700, from maniku...@gmail.com (Max Nikulin): > https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/zrbudbr0nuozn...@tuxteam.de > On 05/08/2024 11:26, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 09:19:33PM +0200, Detlef Vollmann wrote: >>> gpg --decrypt --quiet key.asc | oathtool -b -

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-06 Thread tomas
On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 10:11:08AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: Hi, Max, Thanks for your quite extensive (and, as always, insightful) reply. Most of the points have been touched on in this long thread. The insecurity of the X protocol, etc. In my threat model, if I already have an application runn

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-06 Thread Max Nikulin
On 06/08/2024 23:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 11:07:14PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: On 06/08/2024 11:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: TOTP is a standard (rfc6238 [1]) so it actually/should/ give the same numbers regardless of the application. It is mostly true, however authe

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-06 Thread tomas
On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 11:07:14PM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 06/08/2024 11:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > TOTP is a standard (rfc6238 [1]) so it actually/should/ give the same > > numbers regardless of the application. > > > > (This is what miffs me most: those marketing departments always

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-06 Thread Max Nikulin
On 06/08/2024 11:37, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: TOTP is a standard (rfc6238 [1]) so it actually/should/ give the same numbers regardless of the application. (This is what miffs me most: those marketing departments always sell you some unspecified snake oil -- "authenticator app", "2FA" -- instead

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-06 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 4:25 AM Kevin Price wrote: > > [...] > > 2FA is intended to raise the bar of stealing your login from just one > leaked known secret (username/passphrase) to two _strictly_ separate > bars. The latter must not be yet another secret, but might be physical > custody of some gi

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-05 Thread tomas
On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 07:10:38AM +0200, Kevin Price wrote: > Dear Mick, dear all: [...] So far, agreed. > If I understand you correctly, Mick, you're considering to move your > TOTP factor out of an independent device towards your local debian > machine for convenience, so you'd be giving away

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-05 Thread Kevin Price
Dear Mick, dear all: Am 05.08.24 um 09:06 schrieb Michael Kjörling: > On 5 Aug 2024 05:31 +0800, from wes...@mxcloud.eu.org (Wesley): >> OT question, can debian desktop run a simulator for phone app? Absolutely yes. But that's not going to help anyone in this thread. > If OP thinks a password ma

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-05 Thread tomas
On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 10:22:35PM +, Corey Hickman wrote: > August 5, 2024 at 10:35 PM, "Tim Woodall" wrote: > > > > > > > > oathtool (in the same-named Debian package) might be your friend. > > > > > > > I use this too, and it gives the same numbers as FreeOTP which I have > > > > ins

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-05 Thread Corey Hickman
August 5, 2024 at 10:35 PM, "Tim Woodall" wrote: > > > > oathtool (in the same-named Debian package) might be your friend. > > > > I use this too, and it gives the same numbers as FreeOTP which I have > > installed on my phone. > Me second with oathtool which just works for me. regards.

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-05 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sun, 4 Aug 2024, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 05:44:07PM +0100, Mick Ab wrote: I have a Debian Bullseye desktop PC. I am looking for a 2fa authenticator that works on my desktop, without using a smartphone or tablet. I don't know what an "authenticator app" is. If what

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-05 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 5 Aug 2024 05:31 +0800, from wes...@mxcloud.eu.org (Wesley): > OT question, can debian desktop run a simulator for phone app? If OP thinks a password manager is "more complicated than needed", then what isn't running a hardware emulator + whole operating system + Who knows what? -- Michael Kj

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 09:16:15PM +0100, Mick Ab wrote: > I realise that Authy is still available on smartphones and tablets, but I > do not want to use a smartphone or a tablet. > > I simply need to run a simple 2FA TOTP authenticator on my Debian desktop > PC. For TOTP, at least two in this li

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 09:19:33PM +0200, Detlef Vollmann wrote: [...] > I also use oathtool, but with an encrypted key: > > gpg --decrypt --quiet key.asc | oathtool -b --totp - Thanks for posting the "correct" way. Yes, this way your secret is secure when "at rest". > > Xclip (from the same-n

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM Mick Ab wrote: > > I have a Debian Bullseye desktop PC. > > I am looking for a 2fa authenticator that works on my desktop, without using > a smartphone or tablet. > [...] > Can anyone help please ? $ apt search totp Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done glewlwyd

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread George at Clug
On Monday, 05-08-2024 at 06:16 Mick Ab wrote: > I realise that Authy is still available on smartphones and tablets, but I > do not want to use a smartphone or a tablet. > > I simply need to run a simple 2FA TOTP authenticator on my Debian desktop > PC. > Having had to use Authenticators myself,

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread George at Clug
On Monday, 05-08-2024 at 07:31 Wesley wrote: > OT question, can debian desktop run a simulator for phone app? Not so off topic. I once ran an Android simulator that required a google account, on my laptop in a KVM VM, as a test for running a program that could only be run on an Android Mobil

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Wesley
OT question, can debian desktop run a simulator for phone app? Thanks On 2024-08-05 04:58, didier gaumet wrote: Le 04/08/2024 à 22:16, Mick Ab a écrit : I realise that Authy is still available on smartphones and tablets, but I do not want to use a smartphone or a tablet. I simply need to ru

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread didier gaumet
Le 04/08/2024 à 22:16, Mick Ab a écrit : I realise that Authy is still available on smartphones and tablets, but I do not want to use a smartphone or a tablet. I simply need to run a simple 2FA TOTP authenticator on my Debian desktop PC. Hello, I do not use such applications but a search

Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Mick Ab
I realise that Authy is still available on smartphones and tablets, but I do not want to use a smartphone or a tablet. I simply need to run a simple 2FA TOTP authenticator on my Debian desktop PC.

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Mick Ab
Thanks very much to all who replied to my email re authenticator apps. An authenticator app is a small program that uses TOTP codes to enable a 2fa software token secure connection between a user and their online accounts. This type of connection is approved by many websites and is more secure

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Detlef Vollmann
On 8/4/24 19:57, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 05:44:07PM +0100, Mick Ab wrote: I have a Debian Bullseye desktop PC. I am looking for a 2fa authenticator that works on my desktop, without using a smartphone or tablet. I don't know what an "authenticator app" is. If what you

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 02:09:30PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 19:57:22 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > I don't know what an "authenticator app" is. > > I don't either, but I have to use one at work. > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/about-micros

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 19:57:22 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > I don't know what an "authenticator app" is. I don't either, but I have to use one at work. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/about-microsoft-authenticator-9783c865-0308-42fb-a519-8cf666fe0acc I have no idea what

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 05:44:07PM +0100, Mick Ab wrote: > I have a Debian Bullseye desktop PC. > > I am looking for a 2fa authenticator that works on my desktop, without > using a smartphone or tablet. I don't know what an "authenticator app" is. If what you need is TOTP, oathtool (in the same-n

Re: Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 4 Aug 2024 17:44 +0100, from recoverymail123...@gmail.com (Mick Ab): > I have a Debian Bullseye desktop PC. > > I am looking for a 2fa authenticator that works on my desktop, without > using a smartphone or tablet. Most modern password managers that can run under Linux meet those criteria. Kee

Authenticator apps

2024-08-04 Thread Mick Ab
for use as a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome. However I found that my Bullseye version of Firefox would not accept the authenticator.cc. Also the authenticator.cc app did not appear to be installed properly with my Bullseye version of Chrome. I have found two simple authenticator apps