How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for great usable security

Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by cjsuk on Thursday July 27, 2017 @07:40AM (#14864299)

Yubikeys tend to wear out your USB ports after a bit I found, at least on my X201 and the X61 that preceded it.

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by falcolas on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:22AM (#14864965)

Any port used frequently will wear out - they have limited life spans due to the moving parts. I see it with my external display ports pretty frequently.

One potential solution is a USB hub, or even a USB extension cable you keep plugged in.

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by concede_pluto on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:21PM (#14867406)

I seem to remember reading that NASA would use short sacrificial extension cables so that ground tests would certify the jacks they'd be flying but not wear them out.

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by j_s on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:53AM (#14865221)

Yubikey NEO NFC!

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by ardaozkal on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:23AM (#14865522)

My main issue with neo is that it doesn't have 4096 bit pgp support, unlike yubikey 4 and 4 nano.

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by cjsuk on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:40AM (#14865111)

Or use Duo's mobile app which has no mechanical parts!

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by ardaozkal on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:25AM (#14865553)

The reason people use u2f keys is because they can't be cloned and the key can't be extracted. I too like and use TOTP (with Authy), but it really can't beat specialized hardware.

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by cjsuk on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:05AM (#14872761)

I agree entirely. However I'm willing to trade off convenience on this.

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by kasey_junk on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:24AM (#14865551)

Thats not U2F though right?

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Re:How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for gr... by tptacek on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:12PM (#14866634)

No.

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