[CentOS] 2way authentication for SSH?

[Rudi Ahlers]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>wrote:

>
> On 01/28/2013 02:51 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know of a stable / working "2way authentication" system for
> > SSH, and even web authentication services?
> >
> > Most of the banks in South Africa have a system that, when you want to
> make
> > a payment, they send you an SMS and you need to verify the action with a
> > secret code which was SMS'd to you. gmail also has this.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a "universal" plugin / application that can be used
> > with SSH and even websites like Wordpress / Joolma / Webmin / etc?
> >
> >
> > Any pointer would be appreciated.
>
> As you can see by the responses, there is no 'universal' plugin. The
> whole arena of authentication is plagued with bootstrapping challenges,
> security flaws, and complexity (like JSON).
>
> I am the author of one of the alternatives (HIP), and my recommendation
> is just choose your poison.
>
>
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>
>
Thanx Robert.

I guess I should have seen this coming.... But I have quite a few new
"leads" for applications that can offer this, even if I would need to
implement more than 1 solution.


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Rudi Ahlers
SoftDux

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