[Nottingham] Android & iPhone "OTP" token/key generators

Kurtis Brown admin at kurtisbro.co.uk
Tue Dec 18 01:03:39 UTC 2012


It works based on a secret so no sync with the server is required.

So when installed on the server you are asked for a secret key, then on the
OTP key generator you use the same secret.

For some fun reading there is a RFC http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6238

Kurtis



On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Kurtis Brown <admin at kurtisbro.co.uk> wrote:

> I was using this for 2 factor SSH.
>
> It works based on a secret so no sync with the server is required.
>
> So when installed on the server you are asked for a secret key, then on
> the OTP key generator you use the same secret.
>
> For some fun reading there is a RFC http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6238
>
> Kurtis
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Anyone played with or using even a One-Time-Pass token/key generator
>> that runs on a smartphone for use with login or digital signing?
>>
>> And how are they kept in sync with the target server?!
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> --
>> - ------------------ - ----------------------------------------
>> -    Martin Lomas    - OpenPGP (GPG/PGP) Public Key: 0xCEE1D3B7
>> - martin @ ml1 co uk - Import from   hkp://subkeys.pgp.net   or
>> - ------------------ - http:// ml1 .co .uk/martin_ml1_co_uk.gpg
>>
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