On 9/13/22 21:37, Tommy Nguyen wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-09-06 at 16:14 -0500, Jonathan Wright via devel wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 3:52 PM Vitaly Zaitsev via devel <
>> devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/09/2022 19:49, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
>>>> Of course, hardware authenticators would be even more secure, and
>>>> it
>>>> sure seems pretty reasonable to expect that people with commit
>>>> access to
>>>> Fedora packages are able to purchase a $25 or 30€ security key
>>>> [1][2].
> 
> I think most people would find it not reasonable for contributors to an
> open source project to pay any amount of cash, even $25, to gain
> packaging rights. That's tantamount to a membership or entrance fee. 
> 
> While I think this discussion has gone off the rails, here are my
> thoughts:
> - Why such a focus on FIDO2? It seems that nobody has discussed any
> alternatives. FIDO2 isn't even necessarily universally acclaimed in the
> infosec space

Because FIDO2 is not phishable.  TOTP and HOTP are.  The only other
non-phishable authentication method is TLS client certificates and
I would be fine with those.

> - Why such a focus on devices that cost money? I have 2FA enabled on my
> phone with a free open source TOTP app

Because there is no good software FIDO2 implementation.  This can be
solved with a TPM-backed one, since almost every laptop has a TPM.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
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