SoftYubikey 1.0
UUID: softyubikey@yubiserver.include.gr
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Soft-Yubikey Emulation Extension
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A software based Yubikey Gnome Shell extension for Yubicos
OTP Authentication.
Installation
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Copy the tarball to $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
and unpack it. A directory called softyubikey@yubiserver.include.gr
should be created.
Edit the yubisoft.cfg file in the softyubikey@yubiserver.include.gr
directory and set the values to Public ID, Private ID and AES Key for
your software emulated Yubikey. Please do not touch any other value.
Initialize your new Yubikey account to your Yubikey Validation Server.
An example of the values is given below
aeskey = 2777d70a7888beab1040aeb24d71b3fg
privateid = c68b7c593c25
publicid = ccdnttfcebk
Copy ykey python executable to /usr/bin and ensure that you have all appropriate
Python packages for the script to run.
python-xlib
python-crypto
python-opensll
Ensure that the script has the write (755) permissions.
If you want to test your extension by not invoking the Gnome Shell key you can
execute the command below:
$ python ykey '\n'
Restart your GNOME shell (Alt-F2 r or by any other way) and enable your extension using
gnome-tweak-tool or by any other method.
If the extension does not install, check the version number in metadata.json.
You may have to change it to work with your particular version of the GNOME Shell.
If not please check the error messages via Looking Glass.
Soft-Yubikey Emulation Extension
--------------------------------
A software based Yubikey Gnome Shell extension for Yubicos
OTP Authentication.
Installation
------------
Copy the tarball to $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions
and unpack it. A directory called softyubikey@yubiserver.include.gr
should be created.
Edit the yubisoft.cfg file in the softyubikey@yubiserver.include.gr
directory and set the values to Public ID, Private ID and AES Key for
your software emulated Yubikey. Please do not touch any other value.
Initialize your new Yubikey account to your Yubikey Validation Server.
An example of the values is given below
aeskey = 2777d70a7888beab1040aeb24d71b3fg
privateid = c68b7c593c25
publicid = ccdnttfcebk
Copy ykey python executable to /usr/bin and ensure that you have all appropriate
Python packages for the script to run.
python-xlib
python-crypto
python-opensll
Ensure that the script has the write (755) permissions.
If you want to test your extension by not invoking the Gnome Shell key you can
execute the command below:
$ python ykey '\n'
Restart your GNOME shell (Alt-F2 r or by any other way) and enable your extension using
gnome-tweak-tool or by any other method.
If the extension does not install, check the version number in metadata.json.
You may have to change it to work with your particular version of the GNOME Shell.
If not please check the error messages via Looking Glass.
Soft-Yubikey Emulation Applet
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A software based Yubikey Cinnamon applet for Yubicos
OTP Authentication.
Installation
---------------
Copy the tarball to $HOME/.local/share/cinnamon/applets
and unpack it. A directory called softyubikey@yubiserver.include.gr
should be created.
Enable SoftYubikey applet and right click in the applet's icon to configure it.
Set the values for Public ID, Private ID and AES Key for
your software emulated Yubikey.
Initialize your new Yubikey account to your Yubikey Validation Server.
An example of the values is given below
aeskey = 2777d70a7888beab1040aeb24d71b3fg
privateid = c68b7c593c25
publicid = ccdnttfcebk
Python packages for the script to run.
python-xlib
python-crypto
python-opensll
python-pygtk
If you want to test your extension by not invoking the Cinnamon applet key you can
execute the command below:
$ python ykey '\n'
If the applet does not install, check the error messages via Looking Glass
and contact me if you can't find the solution
Version
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V1.0 11/02/2012 Initial release for GNOME Shell 3.2
Notes
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This has only been tested on Cinnamon 1.2 and 1.3
As of the date of the latest version of this applet, there are no officially
published APIs for Cinnamon. This applet relies on an internal structures
which may or may not be present in future versions of Cinnamon.
Misc
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For the latest version of my Cinnamon applet please do not hesitate to contact me or
check my website http://www.include.gr
To report errors or issues:
chris@include.gr
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