It's possible to generate a key on a regular computer and transfer it to a YubiKey if you prefer. (It's not like software key generation has been flawless either; [OpenSSL/Debian fiasco]. Oh well, such is life).
Even if you're not going to put your SSH keys on a YubiKey, I _strongly_ encourage folks to get a Security Key (aka U2F device), of which YubiKeys are one brand, and use it for 2FA with Google/Github/Facebook/etc. In addition to (IMO) being more usable than Google Authenticator, Security Keys are resistant to phishing, which is a huge win. Alex On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Stefan Krah <ste...@bytereef.org> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 01:47:50PM +0100, Victor Stinner wrote: > > 2017-12-11 13:29 GMT+01:00 Stefan Krah <ste...@bytereef.org>: > > > Ssh isn't available everywhere, I don't want to install an app or give > > > out my phone number to half of Silicon Valley [1]. > > > > SMS and FreeOTP are just a few options that you have to generate/get OTP. > > > > I suggest to use Yubikey. It doesn't need to install an app or to give > > your phone number, but it costs 50$. The advantage is that you can use > > it to store your SSH and GPG keys. > > > I'm not a fan of hardware key generation. :-) > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YubiKey > > "In October 2017, security researchers found a vulnerability (known as > ROCA) in the implementation of RSA keypair generation in a cryptographic > library used by a large number of Infineon security chips. The > vulnerability allows an attacker to reconstruct the private key by using > the public key.[18][19] All YubiKey 4, YubiKey 4C, and YubiKey 4 nano > within the revisions 4.2.6 to 4.3.4 are affected by this vulnerability.[20] > Yubico publicized a tool to check if a Yubikey is affected and replaces > affected tokens for free.[21]" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-committers mailing list > python-committers@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-committers > Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero GPG Key fingerprint: D1B3 ADC0 E023 8CA6
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