If the article starts to get too long, I think the editors would support breaking it into two articles. But everyone was a strong +1 for the idea. Michael, go ahead and draft it and we'll go from there. Thanks for the excellent contribution! On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 12:24:54PM -0700, Link Dupont wrote: > This sounds *excellent*! I can see this even being a multi-part series. > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:44 AM, Michael Erwin <michael.t.erwin@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Pitch: Improving your login security with Fedora challenge- > > response authentication > > > > Summary: Setting up Fedora with HW Keys for Local Challenge- > > Response Secure Logins using available repository packages > > > > Description: The purpose of this article would be to describe what a > > Challenge-Response login is, and how the reader can setup their Fedora > > workstation to accept challenge-response logins for PAM in Fedora > > 27/28/29. The article would educate the users while performing a step > > by step setup of challenge-response authentication via PAM for sudo and > > GDM login. This article would promote using a local challenge-response > > authentication via a HW token/key/card for securing the users Fedora > > workstation. > > > > Article flow would be as follows: > > > > * What is Challenge-Response Security and how does it work? > > * What is the difference between local and remote challenge > > response? > > (For remote OATH, will refer to Imacken's 27- > > Jan-2017 and Fedora Wiki articles) > > * Guiding principles to selecting HW security keys' > > * Configuration and verification testing of HW keys > > * Downloading, installing and configuring challenge-response > > repository packages > > * Safely testing and verifying challenge-response > > authentication with sudo > > * Implementing GDM Login challenge-response on Fedora > > > > > > Thoughts, critiques and comments are most welcome, _______________________________________________ Fedora Magazine mailing list -- magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to magazine-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
