[Novalug] Google 2-factor auth

Jeremy Hoel jthoel@gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 22:56:54 EDT 2012


I don't think an internet connection is required to work. Once it
installs and generates a code for Google Auth on the phone then I
believe it can all work offline.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Chuck Frain <linux@chuckfrain.net> wrote:
> I don't know how the Google PAM auth module works, but my first thought
> is what happens when the server cannot reach the internet to log in? Is
> there anything on that box that you can do without during that time?
>
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012, Christophe wrote:
>
>> Is there any reason I shouldn't feel good about using Google's PAM authentication module to implement a preauth verification code on my gentoo ssh server? I use the iphone app to get my 6-digit auth code. I already had iptables block all ports except 22, with denyhosts sharing data, and a sentence length password. But, now I feel extra special.
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