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rasa
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Added a section on the "2FA" setting (renamed from "Require UV") covering most of what I laid out in syncthing/syncthing#9175 (comment). |
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rasa
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| A credential is a public-private key pair stored either on an external security key, | ||
| or a `platform credential` stored on your computer or phone. | ||
| A credential is a public-private key pair that is stored on an `authenticator`, | ||
| which could be an external security key, a smartphone, or built into your computer. |
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| which could be an external security key, a smartphone, or built into your computer. | |
| which could be a smart device (such as a phone, tablet, or watch), a dedicated hardware security key (such as a YubiKey), or built right into your computer. |
"security key" might be too vague to the uninitiated, and aren't they all external?
rasa
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| We therefore sometimes refer to WebAuthn credentials in Syncthing as "passkeys", | ||
| because they enable most of the same UI flows as passkeys, | ||
| even though they do not consume storage space on external security keys like passkeys usually do. | ||
| even though they do not consume storage space on external security keys like passkeys generally do. |
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| even though they do not consume storage space on external security keys like passkeys generally do. | |
| even though they do not consume storage space on hardware security keys like passkeys generally do. |
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| but with credentials that do not need to consume storage space. | ||
| A "passkey" is a credential that enables "username-less login", | ||
| which identifies the user automatically without needing them to enter a username first. | ||
| For technical reasons, this is incompatible with a cryptographic trick commonly used by external security keys |
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| For technical reasons, this is incompatible with a cryptographic trick commonly used by external security keys | |
| For technical reasons, this is incompatible with a cryptographic trick commonly used by hardware security keys |
rasa
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| @@ -45,7 +44,8 @@ For example: | |||
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| - If the credential is stored on a smartphone, | |||
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Should these paragraphs refer to "smart devices, or your PC"? Since it's just an example, probably not.
rasa
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| For hostnames other than ``localhost`` you will also need an HTTPS certificate your browser considers valid. | ||
| For guidance on how to create or obtain one, see for example | ||
| `OpenSSL Cookbook <https://www.feistyduck.com/library/openssl-cookbook/online/>`_ | ||
| or `Let's Encrypt <https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/>`_. |
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How about adding:
To create locally trusted HTTPS certificates on the command-line see
mkcert <https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert>_.
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For the record, I'd like some time to review this as well before someone merges it. Just waiting for the main PR to settle down a bit. |
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Documentation for syncthing/syncthing#9175.