Re:Sending and Receiving SMS on Linux
by n1000 on Thursday January 14, 2016 @02:56AM
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So why is no one implementing a ssh two factor authentication around this?
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You're mistaken, this problem has already been solved as 10 seconds of Google-Fu have revealed.
Could you share the insights of your research? I only found solution involving the Google API (as it was also discussed here some days ago).
https://startpage.com/do/search?query=ssh+two+factor+sms turns up Authy as the first hit.
Re:Sending and Receiving SMS on Linux
by cornelinux on Thursday January 14, 2016 @11:34AM
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You could use privacyIDEA, which is a two factor auth server and is also capable of sending SMS via HTTP gateways.
BUT: You would rather want to use 2nd factors like HOTP or TOTP token or a yubikey.
SMS isn't particularly secure. It's a little disturbing that some people use it for authentication.
Please tell my bank :)
If you have an iphone it will even sync it back to your Mac for you :D
Re:Sending and Receiving SMS on Linux
by ianlevesque on Thursday January 14, 2016 @09:23AM
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TOTP is superior, no chance of social engineering your phone company to redirect the messages.