From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>
Cc: 64882-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64882: [PATCH] doc: cookbook: Document how to disable the Yubikey OTP application.
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:05:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87edk2gvp8.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h6ppi1c6.fsf@protonmail.com> (John Kehayias's message of "Thu, 27 Jul 2023 19:47:10 +0000")
Hi!
John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com> writes:
[...]
>>> Otherwise, LGTM, but a user should be aware if they are using/needed OTP
>>> before disabling it.
>>
>> I'm not sure when OTP is useful; it's not useful for the current use
>> case I'm using my Yubikey (which is currently the two-factor
>> authentication on web sites).
>
> I checked and I have OTP disabled on my Yubikey as well; I used 'ykman
> info' to see. I use it as my smart card essentially (as the keys for
> passwords, SSH, signing commits, etc.) as well as two-factor codes.
>
> I found this <https://www.yubico.com/resources/glossary/yubico-otp/>
> about OTP. If I remember now, it is a service that some sites will use
> to use your Yubikey for authentication, as I think LastPass had
> support for (I no longer use that). I think U2F is more ubiquitous and
> used more now anyway. But it is enabled by default and I would guess
> many people don't use it.
The yubikey-manager-qt package has since been added, providing a GUI to
do the same, so I've expound the how-to with it, and installed the change.
Thanks for the review!
--
Maxim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-17 4:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-26 19:56 [bug#64882] [PATCH] doc: cookbook: Document how to disable the Yubikey OTP application Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-27 18:04 ` John Kehayias via Guix-patches via
2023-07-27 19:25 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-07-27 19:47 ` John Kehayias via Guix-patches via
2023-08-17 4:05 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2023-08-08 14:47 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-08-08 14:50 ` [bug#64882] [PATCH v2] " Maxim Cournoyer
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