# HG changeset patch # User MWild1 # Date 1297960200 0 # Node ID caa297adfe141ea390910d5e44e51fd2a3540c94 # Parent 7a9c49166d91863887831968d5274b783a4749ca Make a small amendment to the text about how OTPs work. diff -r 7a9c49166d91 -r caa297adfe14 mod_auth_internal_yubikey.wiki --- a/mod_auth_internal_yubikey.wiki Thu Feb 17 16:26:29 2011 +0000 +++ b/mod_auth_internal_yubikey.wiki Thu Feb 17 16:30:00 2011 +0000 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ A [http://www.yubico.com/yubikey YubiKey] is a small USB one-time-password (OTP) generator. -The idea behind one-time-passwords is that they can, well, only be used once. After authenticating with an OTP the only way to log in again is to calculate the next one in the sequence and use that. The only (practical) way to generate this is by inserting the YubiKey and pressing its button. Acting as a USB keyboard it then "types" the OTP into the password prompt of your XMPP client. +The idea behind one-time-passwords is that they can, well, only be used once. After authenticating with an OTP the only way to log in again is to calculate another one and use that. The only (practical) way to generate this is by inserting the (correct) Yubikey and pressing its button. Acting as a USB keyboard it then "types" the OTP into the password prompt of your XMPP client. = Details =