ubuntu 23.10
I can access my employer’s local network if I authenticate with a 2fa. They suggest proprietary software, but aegis authenticator (found in fdroid) works fine.
The thing is, the phone’s screen is too small and it’s very cumbersome to navigate the screen and to click. It’s so bad I don’t want to use it, because fonts are so small you cannot read anything. It’s like they didn’t even try to optimize the local network for devices.
However, if I could emulate this app on an ubuntu based computer, I’d use it. Can it be done?
- randy ( @randy@lemmy.ca ) 8•9 months ago
At a glance, it looks like Aegis generates standard TOTP tokens, which means there’s a lot of software that can do the same thing, so you don’t need to emulate Aegis. I use pass-otp (an extension to pass), but that’s command-line-only, and a lot to deal with if you’re not already using pass. From a quick search, it looks like Keysmith and OTPClient are decent graphical alternatives. From another quick search, OTPClient is available in Ubuntu 23.10.
Edit: Re-reading your post, your issue is that you don’t like logging in on your phone, right? But Aegis just provides the code, you should be able to use the code from your phone to log in on your computer. TOTP codes are only affected by the secret values and the current time, so the code generated on your phone can be used on any device.
- tcit ( @tcit@beehaw.org ) 8•9 months ago
Just use an app like Authenticator importing the Aegis export file.
- lemmyvore ( @lemmyvore@feddit.nl ) English7•9 months ago
Otpclient can open Aegis exports directly.
- Zoidberg ( @Zoidberg@lemm.ee ) 3•9 months ago
https://github.com/marcopaganini/termotp is a CLI authenticator program with fuzzy find capabilities explicitly designed to work with Aegis export files.
- recursive_recursion [they/them] ( @recursive_recursion@programming.dev ) English3•9 months ago
my method for running Android apps on my distro is to run an Android 9.0-r2 VM on QEMU/KVM via virt-manager
maybe this might work for you?
here’s a guide I found for setting up Virt-manager on Ubuntu
and here’s a vid for setting up Android x86 on Virt-manager
- not sure if this is the exact same vid I used but it should suffice
hope this works/fits your use case!
- bizdelnick ( @bizdelnick@lemmy.ml ) 2•9 months ago
There’s nothing special, it can be replaced with any TOTP/HOTP implementation. In particular,
oathtool
is supplied in most distros (it has only command line interface, probably there are also some GUI tools in your repos). However it does not support JSON key format that is provided as QR code for mobile 2FA apps. You have to copy and paste values from it manually.However this will likely violate your employer’s security policy. The point of 2FA is that secret key is stored on a separate device, so that it cannot be stealed together with your password.
I recommend to try other Android apps on your phone. I use FreeOTP+ and have no problems with font readability. Some of my collegues use AndOTP and like it.
- Extras ( @Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ) 2•9 months ago
Copy the totp seed from aegis and use something like keepassxc to generate the codes
- Artyom ( @Artyom@lemm.ee ) 2•9 months ago
Firefox has 2FA extensions. Just remember that if both your authentications are on one device, you’re not getting a huge security boost.
- Exil ( @exil0786@discuss.tchncs.de ) 1•9 months ago
You can migrate all your keys to KeepassXC.
- gnuplusmatt ( @gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com ) 1•9 months ago
I used to use KDE’s Keysmith until I put all my OTP codes into bitwarden
- 7heo ( @7heo@lemmy.ml ) 1•9 months ago
Just to add to the QEMU/KVM comment: you can also run an android emulator. The install process is a bit annoying (and contains too many “trust me bro” downloads from Google servers), but it is simple enough and you should be done in around 2h, modulo your uplink.
And at that point, using scrcpy actually helps with the keyboard input.