Bug #16671

U2F support in Tor

Added by coeos 2019-04-24 15:50:09 . Updated 2020-05-12 13:16:30 .

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Description

Hi,
is it possible to enable U2F authentication in the Tor Browser?
I know this has been discussed in the past but there has been some progress on the Firefox side since then, as Firefox now supports U2F by default (so filing this under “bug” rather than “feature request”). However I wasn’t able to get it to work in the Tor Browser. It simple doesn’t pick up the device when I plug it in; the device is supposed to flash but doesn’t do anything; pressing the button doesn’t allow to authenticate. The yubikeys I tested with (Neo and 5) work fine for challenge-response with KeepassXC however.
What I’ve tried so far:
(based on the previous thread):
-installed libu3f-host0
-downloaded the 70-u2f.rules to udev/rules.d and ran sudo udevm control —reload-rules
(additionally):
enabled the 4 security.webauth* lines (u2f, webauthn, enable usbtoken and enable softtoken not sure the last one is relevant) in the tor browser config (about:config).


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Is duplicate of Tails - Feature #17153: Make Tails work with U2F Security Keys Resolved

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2020-05-12 13:15:46

  • is duplicate of Feature #17153: Make Tails work with U2F Security Keys added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2020-05-12 13:16:30

  • Status changed from New to Resolved

This should be fixed in 4.6 (Feature #17153). If that does not work for you, please file another issue about the remaining problems :)