enable / disable xscreensaver with an insert / remove of a yubikey

Sup all, as the title states, this article will go over how to automatically enable / disable xscreensaver on the insertion / removal of your yubikey. only caveat is that it will not lock the screen. this article assumes that your xscreensaver session will lock the screen after x amount of minutes (preferably < 5 ... Read More

Local linux login with yubikey u2f & google authenticator 2fa

Sup all, I have written separate articles about this before but decided to put this all together into one article cause why not. The purpose of this article is to have google 2fa & yubikey u2f at the login prompt (assuming you do not have a login manager (i don’t)). This article is gentoo heavy. … Read More

Secure your local login with yubikeys

hello all just returned from hacker summer camp and have acquired a couple of new yubikeys specifically the four and the four nano and have been configuring them in my gentoo install just for login. below are the steps to set this up in gentoo and pam for required authentication. this article assumes that you … Read More