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What is more secure for voice and SMS OTP: A random number or generated similar to HOTP?
Many providers are creating OTP authentication for their sign in. However I noticed that all the voice and SMS OTPs I've come across are a series of 6 digits... similar to the HOTP RFC Standard ...
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What is the risk and mitigation of accidentally typing a YubiKey password in an open forum?
I have a YubiKey in my laptop (for testing) and accidentally broadcast my YubiKey password out to the Internet. Since this is only a test key, and has no access to anything of value, here are some ...
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Is Dual Factor possible during boot with whole disk encryption on Mac FileVault 2
Mac FileVault 2 is the default disk encryption for newer Macs that occurs in the EFI pre-boot phase. The challenge here is that most smartcard drivers are loaded after the OS loads.
Is anyone aware ...
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SMS Authentication: random OTP or a cryptographic one
I'm adding two-factor authentication using SMS to enhance an existing login process. Since I'm not working with physical tokens, I was wondering what is considered the safest:
Sending random 8 ...
