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Securing OpenVPN With A One Time Password (OTP) On Ubuntu

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 13, 2011

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“So, you got yourself a nice OpenVPN box. People need to login
with their certificates but… if their laptop is stolen anyone
could login. Sure, you could add password login but thats a bit
outdated. The solution for this is using a OTP (one time
password).

“This technique is being used by a lot of large corporations
including banks. This tutorial shows you how to configure OpenVPN
to add additional security.

“This assumes you already have OpenVPN configured and working
properly.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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