Re: Putting OPIE to rest

Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers,gmane.os.freebsd.security.general,gmane.os.freebsd.current
Message-ID <[email protected]>
grarpamp <[email protected]> writes:
> OPIE is the only PAM that allows printing out the future
> secure tokens. Old school, secure, it just works.
>
> HOTP requires hardware, TOTP requires time,
> neither are printable, both of those require some other
> [hackable] hw/sw device that costs $$$ money, and
> those devices all have different threat/failure/admin models
> than simple paper.

Neither HOTP nor TOTP require dedicated devices.  HOTP codes are
sequential and can be pre-generated and printed if that's what you
prefer.

DES
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