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mod_log_ringbuffer: Detach event handlers on logging reload (thanks Menel) Otherwise the global event handlers accumulate, one added each time logging is reoladed, and each invocation of the signal or event triggers one dump of each created ringbuffer.
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 - 'Type-Auth'
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5 summary: 'Two-factor authentication using Yubikeys'
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6 ...
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8 Introduction
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9 ============
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11 A [YubiKey](http://www.yubico.com/yubikey) is a small USB
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12 one-time-password (OTP) generator.
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14 The idea behind one-time-passwords is that they can, well, only be used
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15 once. After authenticating with an OTP the only way to log in again is
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16 to calculate another one and use that. The only (practical) way to
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17 generate this is by inserting the (correct) Yubikey and pressing its
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18 button. Acting as a USB keyboard it then "types" the OTP into the
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19 password prompt of your XMPP client.
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21 Details
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22 =======
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24 This self-contained module handles all the authentication of Yubikeys,
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25 it does not for example depend on the Yubico authentication service, or
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26 on any external system service such as PAM.
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28 When this module is enabled, only PLAIN authentication is enabled on the
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29 server (because Prosody needs to receive the full password from the
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30 client to decode it, not a hash), so connection encryption will
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31 automatically be enforced by Prosody.
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33 Even if the password is intercepted it is of little use to the attacker
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34 as it expires as soon as it is used. Additionally the data stored in
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35 Prosody's DB is not enough to authenticate as the user if stolen by the
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36 attacker.
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38 When this module is in use each user can either use normal password
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39 authentication, or instead have their account associated with a
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40 Yubikey - at which point only the key will work.
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42 Installation
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43 ============
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45 Requires bitlib for Lua, and yubikey-lua from
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46 http://code.matthewwild.co.uk/yubikey-lua . When properly installed, the
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47 command `lua -lbit -lyubikey` should give you a Lua prompt with no
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48 errors.
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50 Configuration
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51 =============
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53 Associating keys
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56 Each Yubikey is configured with several pieces of information that
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57 Prosody needs to know. This information is shown in the Yubikey
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58 personalization tool (the *yubikey-personalization* package in
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59 Debian/Ubuntu).
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61 To associate a Yubikey with a user, run the following prosodyctl
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62 command:
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64 prosodyctl mod_auth_internal_yubikey associate user@example.com
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66 This will run you through a series of questions about the information
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67 Prosody requires about the key configuration.
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69 **NOTE:** All keys used with the server (rather, with a given host) must
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70 all have a "public ID" (uid) of the same length. This length must be set
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71 in the Prosody config with the 'yubikey\_prefix\_length' option.
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73 Instead of entering the information interactively it is also possible to
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74 specify each option on the command-line (useful for automation)
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75 via --option="value". The valid options are:
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77 password The user's password (may be blank)
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79 fixed The public ID that the Yubikey prefixes to the OTP
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80 uid The private ID that the Yubikey encrypts in the OTP
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81 key The AES key that the Yubikey uses (may be blank if a global shared key is used, see below)
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83 If a password is configured for the user (recommended) they must enter
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84 this into the password box immediately before the OTP. This password
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85 doesn't have to be incredibly long or secure, but it prevents the
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86 Yubikey being used for authentication if it is stolen and the password
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87 isn't known.
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89 Configuring Prosody
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92 To use this module for authentication, set in the config:
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94 authentication = "internal_yubikey"
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96 Module-specific options:
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98 yubikey\_prefix\_length (**REQUIRED**) The length of the public ID prefixed to the OTPs
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100 yubikey\_global\_key If all Yubikeys use the same AES key, you can specify it here. Pass --key="" to prosodyctl when associating keys.
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102 If switching from a plaintext storage auth module then users without
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103 Yubikeys associated with their account can continue to use their
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104 existing passwords as normal, otherwise password resets are required.
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106 Compatibility
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107 =============
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110 0.8 Works
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