Bug#564820: ITP: libpam-barada -- PAM module to provide two-factor authentication based on HOTP

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 18:22 -0800, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> 
> * Package name    : libpam-barada
>   Description     : PAM module to provide two-factor authentication based on HOTP
> 
>  Use HOTP (RFC4226) two-factor authentication with PAM.
[..]
>  While this module could be used in conjunction with many different
>  client devices,

>  it was written specifically with Android devices in mind.

There are many HOTP client out there[1]. Is it really android specific
in any way?
I suggest dropping that sentence.

> There is companion software which runs on Android, so that your
                                            ^^^^^^ ${your phone}
>  phone essentially becomes a SecureID token.  All you need to do is
>  open up the software, type in your PIN, and you get back a 6-character
>  number that you can use to login to your system.

[1] http:// rcdevs.com/products/openotp/tokens.php


I suppose this new RFC is more secure than plain old OTP/OPIE (?). In
any case, the package could include those 2 keyword for `aptitude
search`


Franklin