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MontrealRb 2013-03 Two-factor authentication ...or getting away with a shitty password

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cjoudrey   @

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Two-factor? Something you have Something you know +

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Two-factor? + Something you have   Something you know

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It’s easy! Just generate random numbers!

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It’s easy! Just generate random numbers! Sort of...

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Time-based One-time Password

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Shared secret Time + = 123456 Time-based One-time Password

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ROTP gem Time-based One-time Password

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totp = ROTP::TOTP.new('secret') totp.now # => 281918

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New password every 30 seconds Time-based One-time Password

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totp.now # => 281918 totp.verify(281918) # => true sleep 30 totp.verify(281918) # => false

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Getting the secret on the device Time-based One-time Password

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totp.provisioning_uri('my app') # => "otpauth://totp/my%20app? secret=secret"

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totp.provisioning_uri('Sample App ...')

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What about SMS? Time-based One-time Password

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totp.now # => 281918 sleep 30 totp.verify(281918) # => false totp.verify_with_drift(281918, 30) # => true

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In practice

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Demo

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Generate user secret

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class User < ActiveRecord::Base # ... before_create :set_auth_secret private def set_auth_secret self.auth_secret = ROTP::Base32.random_base32 end end

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Validating the client

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class AdminController < ApplicationController # ... before_filter :authenticate_user! before_filter :validate_client private def validate_client # ... client_id = cookies.signed[:client_id] || SecureRandom.uuid # ... end end

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create_table 'devices' do |t| t.string 'client_id' t.integer 'user_id' t.datetime 'authenticated_at' # ... end

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HTTP Cookies

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HTTP Cookies httponly

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HTTP Cookies secure

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HTTP Cookies signed

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Pitfalls

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Pitfalls Dead phone

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Pitfalls New phone

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Pitfalls Time not properly set on phone

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Thanks! Questions?