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Re: add 2FA to ssh

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On Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 6:47 AM Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 01:37:39PM +0200, Pòl Hallen wrote:
> > Hi folks :)
>
> >
> > what it better with 2FA: at ssh login request first 2FA authentication
> next
> > ssh password or viceversa?
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> > Pol
>
> sorry to say, but 2FA is again one of the hype things. Why do you need 2FA
> for ssh. I mean a really good reason.
> Maintain a good keychain and you wont need 2FA.
>

The usual reason is an out-of-band or hardware-based one-time pad. The
additional password is for that session only.

-H
>
> --
> Henning Follmann           | hfollmann@itcfollmann.com
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add 2FA to ssh Pòl Hallen <deben@fuckaround.org> - 2020-08-13 13:40 +0200
  Re: add 2FA to ssh Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-08-13 13:50 +0200
    Re: add 2FA to ssh Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 16:50 +0200
      Re: add 2FA to ssh Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-08-13 17:20 +0200
    Re: add 2FA to ssh Thomas Pircher <thp+debian@p5r.uk> - 2020-08-13 18:40 +0200
      Re: add 2FA to ssh Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2020-08-14 14:40 +0200
        Re: add 2FA to ssh Thomas Pircher <thp+debian@p5r.uk> - 2020-08-14 19:20 +0200
  Re: add 2FA to ssh Toni Mas Soler <antomassol@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 16:30 +0200
    Re: add 2FA to ssh James Allsopp <jamesaallsopp@googlemail.com> - 2020-08-13 16:50 +0200

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