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Re: [slightly OT?] TOTP gateway for any service on any server

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Sep 20, 2014, 14:46 UTC
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Sitaram

Looks good and can be very useful. I can even image some edge cases of using this in automation. Will have to find the time to test this.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I've just created a general purpose TOTP "gatekeeper" that is designed
> to gate access to any service on any server/OS (as long as traffic can
> only go *through* the TOTP gatekeeper).
>
> The inspiration was Konstantin Ryabitsev's implementation of two-factor
> authentication for kernel.org -- from which I got the idea of "use TOTP
> to whitelist an IP for some time".
>
> I then extended it to protect any TCP port on any server behind the
> gatekeeper.  http://gitolite.com/totport/ is the documentation, and the
> source is linked there.
>
> I'd welcome any feedback but please be mindful of the fact that deep
> discussion may veer way off-topic for the git or gitolite mailing lists,
> although I hope I won't get flak for *this* email :-)
>
> sitaram
>
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  1. Sitaram ChamartySep 20, 2014
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