Re: Google Authenticator Enabled

On Fri Mar 6, 2020 at 5:54 AM PST, fosslinux wrote:

I am still of the opinion that it is best for it to be called something other than google authenticator, as it misrepresents 2fa as only being usable by google authenticator.

Maybe, call it wiki/2fa.html or something? And rename the command to setup-2fa?

Fosslinux

The official name for the technology it OTP, and more specifically TOTP for time-based, and HOTP for HMAC-based One Time Password algorithms.

Simply calling it "OTP" or "One Time Password" with the optional "2fa"/"second factor auth" added is probably the 'most correct' way to refer to the technology.

RFC for TOTP: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6238 RFC for HOTP: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4226

--ngp