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Software U2F authenticator for macOS

23 mentions on Hacker News by 22 people: 3 stories, 20 comments · first 2017-07-25 · latest 2022-12-11

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  1. …version, but GitHub themselves used to support a CTAP1/U2F software authenticator, now archived at https://github.com/github/SoftU2F . I was going to work from that. For the service I looked at different software "devices" interfacing with…
    comment by FreakLegion · 2022-12-11 · in On-device WebAuthn and what makes it hard to do well
  2. Most open source tools I've seen that implement FIDO use a shared Attestation cert[0]. [0]: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/blob/master/SelfSignedCert...
    comment by psanford · 2022-06-06 · in FIDO Alliance
  3. Yes. Example: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by wereHamster · 2021-05-14 · in Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement with FIDO2/WebAuthn is a bad idea
  4. Maybe (don't have a new enough Macbook) but SoftU2F is the Yubikey replacement I've been using: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by PascLeRasc · 2020-10-03 · in Pressing YubiKeys
  5. …secret key in a shared password store that's also behind a separate 2FA login. For U2F, check out https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by chrisbroadfoot · 2020-10-02 · in Pressing YubiKeys
  6. There’s also SoftU2F, a software U2F implementation for macOS. https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by oefrha · 2020-01-06 · in A Guide to WebAuthn
  7. Yes: this is apparently supported by https://github.com/github/SoftU2F — see https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/pull/29#issuecomment-32408... — but the documentation doesn't reflect that yet.
    comment by acdha · 2019-11-07 · in Biometric YubiKey
  8. …a specific fingerprint from outside the device (together with the device and the password): https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/pull/29 I would prefer a fingerprints change equates to loss of hardware key. I quit sessions, and would like the…
    comment by Terretta · 2019-09-06 · in Software U2F Authenticator for macOS
  9. Actually, this project supports that as well. https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/pull/29 Not sure why they don’t explain that in their readme.
    comment by ViViDboarder · 2019-09-06 · in Software U2F Authenticator for macOS
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    Software U2F Authenticator for macOS
    story by borski · 2019-09-05 · 44 comments
  11. Currently, it does not because the browser aborts when it loses focus: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/issues/51
    comment by Rafert · 2019-03-05 · in W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins
  12. It looks like https://github.com/github/SoftU2F would work for that. I believe Chrome’s dev channel also has experimental soft webauthn support.
    comment by akerl_ · 2019-03-05 · in W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins
  13. …itself with TouchID and Secure Enclave can't act as a U2F security key? Maybe that is what this is? https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by haberman · 2018-07-25 · in Google Unveils Titan Security Key, a Yubico-Like Phishing Resistant 2FA Device
  14. If you buy the one with TouchID, you can use the TouchID element for U2F as well: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/pull/29
    comment by bdhess · 2018-07-24 · in Google: Security Keys Neutralized Employee Phishing
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    SoftU2F: Software U2F Security Keys for MacOS
    story by dfabulich · 2018-07-23 · 0 comments
  16. https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by timdierks · 2018-07-16 · in 2018 MacBook Pro Review
  17. https://github.com/github/SoftU2F https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-4-series/#yubikey-4c-...
    comment by timdierks · 2018-07-16 · in 2018 MacBook Pro Review
  18. Read this: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F#security-considerations
    comment by msoad · 2017-12-02 · in Ask HN: How is a Yubikey “always-in” 2fa key a true 2fa?
  19. Firefox includes one IIRC and there’s githubs SoftU2F for Mac https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
    comment by Xylakant · 2017-11-22 · in Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People
  20. …the associated protocols. Both external keys and HSM's built directly into consumer hardware. [0] https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/pull/29
    comment by jwcrux · 2017-08-18 · in Se­cu­rity Keys
  21. There is no reason software based U2F tokens can't exist. We actually released one just this week: https://github.com/github/softu2f . It went through a certification process and was certified as a valid FIDO U2F implementation. I'd love…
    comment by ptoomey3 · 2017-07-26 · in Passwords Evolved: Authentication Guidance for the Modern Era
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    Software U2F authenticator for macOS
    story by tnorthcutt · 2017-07-25 · 0 comments
  23. …not terribly surprised that this doesn't work. Would you mind opening an issue so I can help debug? https://github.com/github/SoftU2F/issues/new
    comment by mastahyeti · 2017-07-25 · in Soft U2F: A software-based U2F authenticator for macOS