Fido U2F is an open Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) authentication standard that strengthens two-factor authentication using specialized USB or NFC devices.
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U2F/FIDO forwarding over SSH
Is there any mechanism to forward access to a U2F/FIDO security key (such as a Yubikey) over SSH? I'd like to be able to use my local security key to authorize sudo access on a remote host.
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FIDO2 (YubiKey) to unlock LUKS at boot on Fedora 36 not working
I'm trying to use FIDO2 (YubiKey 5) with Fedora 36 to unlock the LUKS volume on system boot without success as it keeps asking for the regular LUKS passphrase and not using the token to unlock the LUKS volume.
I followed Lennart Poettering's example…
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how to set different authentication requirements in pam policies for different users or groups?
I'm trying to set up a linux development environment that is both secure and convenient, and after setting up passwordless login and 2-factor authenticated pam_u2f, I had the idea to create different user accounts with different authentication…
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OpenSSH U2F as second factor with fallback to Google Authenticator
We use Google Authenticator for 2FA SSH logins. It's configured in /etc/pam.d/sshd as follows:
@include common-password
auth required pam_google_authenticator.so nullok
As you may know, OpenSSH 8.2 comes with U2F keys support. We'd like to use U2F…
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How to use YubiKeys with SSH keys in 2-step verification?
I can setup SSH keypair without Fido U2F as described SSH-agent working over many servers without retyping? Some flag? in the thread.
Two step verification would be very good: password for the private key and Fido U2F verification too.
I am not…
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systemd-cryptenroll with FIDO2
I've setup luks volume unlocking with FIDO2 along with recovery key using sd-cryptenroll:
systemd-cryptenroll --fido2-device=auto /dev/my-luks-device
Slots are configured as following:
SLOT TYPE
1 recovery
3 fido2
Everything works fine,…
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LUKS on boot with FIDO "or" Password
I've managed to unlock my LUKS partation on boot with a FIDO2 key
My crypttab is
myvolume /dev/sda5 - fido2-device=auto
But I still keep a LUKS key slot with a password (my fido key is always on my dock, not my laptop). Now my boot sequence fails…
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How to unlock Gnome Keyring after passwordless login with Solokey (Yubiko)?
I experimented on a Ubuntu 19.04 system a bit and took a look here:
https://schulz.dk/2019/08/23/using-solokey-for-linux-login/
and here:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring/Pam#Advanced_configuration
After this created a file named…
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How to generate OTP codes offline by Security Key in Debian?
Assume you need the OTPs by devices which are separate from the Debian system which generates the codes. Here, the U2F does not work in all cases so I need OTPs.
I am trying to add offline OTP functionality by YubiKey Neo in Debian.
My idea:
have…
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How to use Security Key in NordVPN login?
Situation: static password file in NordVPN settings
Proposal: any security key but proposed one, YubiKey, because big userbase
I heard that you can setup Security key (Fido U2F) with VPN in theory.
I am thinking how to do it with NordVPN in…
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systemd-homed with FIDO2 - Login from tty still possible with password only
I recently tried out systemd-homed and doing that I enrolled my Yubikey as FIDO2 device. When i try to authenticate against the created home via homectl authenticate it correctly activates the Yubikey, asks for the PIN and waits for a touch…
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Setting up a passwordless login with a U2F token (Yubikey 5)
I am trying to set up a passwordless login for Linux Mint 19.3, in order to be able to log in either with a Yubikey token or a password. I followed the instructions from Yubikey website and this thread, but I cannot make it work.
Briefly, this is…
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How to add Security Key with Button in Debian?
I am trying to add a security key with button (Fido U2F) in Debian.
I think the problem may be with the button because of my previous experience with such buttons in Transcend HDDs where no good support ever for such buttons in Linux.
My test…
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How to 2-step authenticate by password + U2F Yubikey in Linux KeePassX?
I would like to have 2-step authentication by password + Fido U2F security key.
I did not find any approaches which would work in Debian 8.7.
The OS should not be a limiting factor here because Qt libraries are used with KeePassX.
OS: Debian…
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