nitrokey-fido2-firmware VS OpenSK

PyPy received an EU grant sometime in the late 2000s or early 2010s, although it had to be a different one. If I understood TFA correctly, NLnet is partially funded by this money? NLnet itself distributes money to very cool software things[1]—some moonshots[2], some very down-to-earth and usable ones[3].

[1] https://nlnet.nl/project/current.html

[2] https://spectrum-os.org/

[3] https://www.nitrokey.com/

Ever thought of using something like https://www.nitrokey.com/ or Blackphone? Remove your mics and cameras

Yes, Nitrokey.

KeePassXC mostly; andOTP when I don't have my laptop with me. Recently got my Nitrokey, which works great as well. Has both USB-C as well as NFC, so that might be the more convenient alternative to andOTP in the future.

Other FIDO2 devices allow the firmware to be rewritten but Yubico does not allow such changes. I prefer Yubico's approach so we have better assurance of validity. https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido2-firmware

https://github.com/google/OpenSK works, it runs on something like this $15 board. Could do with a case though.

https://www.nordicsemi.com/About-us/BuyOnline?search_token=n...

There are a huge number of other vendors supporting Webauthn apart from Yubikey. (From the top of my head Nitrokey, Solo, Tomu, Mooltipass, Ledger, Trezor, Google Titan, OnlyKey, Token2).

You could also use the system TPM (https://github.com/psanford/tpm-fido).

A brief search didn't yield any FIDO2 software-only solutions for Linux, but I see no reason why in principle you couldn't implement it (perhaps interfacing https://github.com/google/OpenSK through hidg - similar projects do exist for U2F).

Cloudflare does, using a security key not found in the FIDO Metadata Service will unfortunately not work. This precludes the use of any hacker-friendly solution (making your own).

> Supported: All security keys found in the FIDO Metadata Service 3.0, unless they have been revoked for security reasons.

https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/44068890480...

Attestation keys, as they're currently used, aren't very "privacy friendly" and it's much worse for those who wish to create their own key.

> Usually, the attestation private key is shared between a batch of at least 100,000 security keys of the same model. If you build your own OpenSK, your private key is unique to you. This makes you identifiable across registrations: Two websites could collaborate to track if registrations were attested with the same key material. If you use OpenSK beyond experimentation, please consider carefully if you want to take this privacy risk.

https://github.com/google/OpenSK/blob/f2496a8e6d71a4e8388849...

There are a number of FOSS solutions.

- https://github.com/google/OpenSK <- DIY solution

- https://solokeys.com/

- https://www.nitrokey.com/

The issue with any FOSS solution is that FIDO requires an attestation private key which is shared between a batch of at least 100,000 security keys. Using a DIY or cli app (application running on the host) solution will likely mean you'll be generating that private key yourself, this makes you identifiable across registrations.

I'm not sure what you're replying to--this scheme is much closer to self-signed X509 client certs, not FIDO. But regarding FIDO, it does not prevent user-controlled hardware; it's up to RPs to choose if they require specific device manufacturers or not.

In my experience, the vast majority of (consumer) RPs do not require specific batch attestation, which is why you can make your own FIDO key: https://github.com/google/OpenSK.

I am under the impression support for attestation was controversial in FIDO--it's clearly useful for enterprise scenarios (e.g. where an enterprise requires some silly certification like FIPS: https://support.yubico.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016614760-Ac...), but there's always the risk that consumer-facing RPs require it for no good reason.

My employer requires FIPS certification due to FedRAMP; I'd be interested in how you would propose to change FIDO such that--as now--I can use a single key for work and for all my consumer needs while eliminating attestation.