Summary of password strength discussion

Matthew Miller mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Fri Jul 24 16:27:42 UTC 2015


On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 09:40:53AM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> > would it be reasonable to expect the sort of user that wants to use
> > SSH to be able to set that up?
> No. PKA is an esoteric skill, and you're confused by thinking it's a
> basic one.

We could set up two-factor authentication with FreeOTP.
Have the dialog provide a QR code for

 a) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.fedorahosted.freeotp&hl=en
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/freeotp-authenticator/id872559395?mt=8

and then also a token. Leave the users' password as six letters or
whatever, but also require this for SSH.

Still a little esoteric, but provisioning is easier, and people are
getting more used to it in general, hopefully. And as a bonus, this
jumps us up to level 3 identity assurance, I believe.

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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader


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