[Bug 431320] New: Review Request: pam_usb - Hardware authentication using ordinary USB Flash Drives

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431320

           Summary: Review Request: pam_usb - Hardware authentication using
                    ordinary USB Flash Drives
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: low
         Component: Package Review
        AssignedTo: nobody at fedoraproject.org
        ReportedBy: guidolinfrancesco at email.it
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: fedora-package-review at redhat.com,notting at redhat.com


Spec URL: http://web.tiscali.it/guidonet/pam_usb/pam_usb.spec
SRPM URL: http://web.tiscali.it/guidonet/pam_usb/pam_usb-0.4.2-1.fc8.src.rpm
Description: 

pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary USB Flash Drives. 
It works with any application supporting PAM, such as su, GDM, KDM, etc. 

The pam_usb package contains a PAM module and several tools:
pamusb-agent: trigger actions, such as locking the screen, upon device authentication and removal.
pamusb-conf: configuration helper.
pamusb-check: integrate pam_usb’s authentication engine within your scripts or applications.

pam_usb-0.4.2 was completely rewritten from scratch, now it include support for HAL and DBus and a new authentication model called One Time Pads, in addition to USB serial number, model and vendor verifications.

Basically, a pad is just a bunch of random bytes stored on both the USB device and the computer. Every time you authenticate, those pads are compared. If they match, access is granted and the pads are regenerated, otherwise access is denied.

More info here:
http://www.pamusb.org/
http://scox.info/

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