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RE: South Africa On Lockdown - Coronavirus - Update!


From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:39:43 -0600


On Monday, 23 March, 2020 14:21, Peter Beckman <beckman () angryox com> wrote:

Software-based TOTP offer more security than no one-time passwords, but
admittedly less than the physical tokens. Google Authenticator, Authy,
1Password, LastPass all support TOTP.

Hardware tokens are nothing more than dedicated hardware TOTP devices with perhaps a few additional parameters 
programmed at manufacturing time.  Example, RSAID keyfobs are nothing more than TOTP generators with manufacturer 
programmed secrets and dedicated clock and display hardware with no external interface which permits access to the 
secret.

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