Passwordless authentication with FIDO2–beyond just the web

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  • YubiKey-Guide

    Guide to using YubiKey for GnuPG and SSH

  • I haven't tried using the GPG mode on mobile, but I've had absolutely 0 issues with it on Linux. Just followed the arch wiki setup and this random guide I found: https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide. I use it daily to ssh into hosts and sign git commits.

    On Windows, it's a bit more involved, of course, especially for SSH. I seem to remember that I did find at one point some hack which allowed ssh to use the GPG agent. Since I only rarely use Windows, I didn't care enough to test it through. Code signing seems to work well enough. SmartCard emulation also works well enough, but it does seem to conflict with some other mode, either U2F or GPG, can't remember which. You have to un/replug the key to switch modes.

    I am also quite... surprised at Firefox's apparent lack of priority for supporting CTAP2. I've seen there are long-open bugs, but not that much interest. My understanding is that on macos and windows, it delegates the user verification to the os, and on linux there isn't anything for that. FWIW, chrome seems fine with implementing their own.

  • Android-Password-Store

    Android application compatible with ZX2C4's Pass command line application

  • Since I store most of my passwords using https://www.passwordstore.org/, I have used mobile with https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-S.... I'm happy enough with it. Sucks for getting anything into consoles, for obvious reasons.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • pass-import

    A pass extension for importing data from most existing password managers

  • Since I store most of my passwords using https://www.passwordstore.org/, I have used mobile with https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-S.... I'm happy enough with it. Sucks for getting anything into consoles, for obvious reasons.

  • Since I store most of my passwords using https://www.passwordstore.org/, I have used mobile with https://github.com/android-password-store/Android-Password-S.... I'm happy enough with it. Sucks for getting anything into consoles, for obvious reasons.

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