TOTP support in password-store

Reed Loden reed at reedloden.com
Sat Dec 31 01:47:14 CET 2016


U2F solves that issue, and it's way more secure than TOTP. Sadly, not many
sites support it yet (Google, GitHub, and Dropbox all do). So, just find a
hardware token with U2F support and push sites to implement support for it.
:-)

~reed

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 4:24 PM Bertrand Jacquin <bertrand at jacquin.bzh>
wrote:

> I get your point. While I trust more hardware tokens than phones, I
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> usually can access a very limited set of slot to store private
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> material. That is needed since I don't want or can use the same seed for
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> Google, Gandi and other services offering MFA.
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> It's probably not the place to discuss Yubikey. I'm not using Yubikey
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> myself but OpenPGP hardware token and don't really know how I can then
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> specify which slot of the Yubikey should be used depending on the need.
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> Subject to investigate.
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> Cheers
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> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:50:36PM +0000, Reed Loden wrote:
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> > If I compromise your computer, I still get both the password and the TOTP
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> > secret just from a simple keylogger. Not safe.
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> >
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> > If you don't want to use your phone, just get a hardware token of some
> sort
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> > (Yubikey or similar).
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> >
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> > ~reed
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> >
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> > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 3:31 PM Bertrand Jacquin <bertrand at jacquin.bzh>
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> > wrote:
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> > > Well, they don't have to be stored on the password store directory nor
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> > >
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> > > encrypted using the same GPG key.
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> > >
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> > > On 30/12/2016 23:28, Reed Loden wrote:
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> > > > How is that 2FA if both factors are stored on the same media? Seems
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> > >
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> > > > quite insecure to me.
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> > >
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> > > >
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> > >
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> > > > ~reed
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> > >
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> > > >
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> > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 3:16 PM Bertrand Jacquin
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> > > > <bertrand at jacquin.bzh> wrote:
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> > > >
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> > >
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> > > >> Hi,
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Thanks to everyone involve in this really nice password tool you've
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> made, this is something I'm using every day and really enjoy using
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> > >
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> > > >> it.
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Have you ever considered adding an option to handle TOTP, meaning
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> > >
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> > > >> that the
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> seed could be stored in a gpg file and pass could provide an easy
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> > >
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> > > >> way to get
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> current OTP by using oathtool. For example:
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> $ oathtool -v --base32 --totp XXX
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Hex secret: YYY
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Base32 secret: XXX
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Digits: 6
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Window size: 0
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> > > >>
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> > > >> Step size (seconds): 30
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> > > >>
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> > > >> Start time: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (0)
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> > > >>
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> > > >> Current time: 2016-12-18 17:42:53 UTC (1482082973)
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Counter: 0x2F1D38D (49402765)
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> 799465
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Thanks you be really handle for me to just run:
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> $ pass show -c --totp Web/gandi.net [1]
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> And being able to paste when Gandi ask for it.
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Cheers
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> --
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> > >
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> > > >>
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> > >
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> > > >> Bertrand
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> > > >>
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> > > > Links:
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> > > > ------
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> > > > [1] http://gandi.net
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> > > --
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> > > Bertrand
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> --
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> Bertrand
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