Universal 2nd Factor Authentication (U2F)

Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open authentication standard that strengthens and simplifies two-factor authentication using specialized USB or NFC devices.

LLNG can propose to users to register their keys. When done, 2F registered users can not login without using their key.

Note that it's a second factor, not an authentication module. Users are authenticated by both login form and U2F form.

Prerequisites and dependencies

This feature uses Crypt::U2F::Server::Simple that is only available on CPAN repository for now. Before compiling it, you must install Yubico's C library headers (called libu2f-server-dev on Debian).

An HTTPS portal is required to use U2F

Configuration

In the manager (second factors), you just have to enable it:

U2F ⇒ Activation: set it to “on”
U2F ⇒ Self registration: set it to “on” if users are authorized to register their keys
U2F ⇒ Authentication level: you can overwrite here auth level for U2F registered users. Leave it blank keeps auth level provided by first authentication module (default: 2 for user/password based modules). It is recommended to set an higher value here if you want to give access to some apps only for enrolled users

If you want to use a custom rule for “activation” and want to keep self-registration, you must include this in your rule: $_2fDevices =~ /“type”:\s*“U2F”/s, else U2F will be required even if users are not registered. This is automatically done when “activation” is set to “on”.

Browser compatibility

Chrome/Chromium ≥ 38
Firefox :
- 38 to 56 with U2F Support Add-on
- 57 to 59, with “security.webauth.u2f” set to “true” in “about:config” (see Yubico explanations)
- probably enabled by default for versions ≥ 60
Opera ≥ 40

Enrollment

If you have enabled self registration, users can register their U2F keys using https://portal/2fregisters

Assistance

If a user loses its key, you can delete it from the manager Second Factor module. To enable manager Second Factor Administration Module, set enabledModules key in your lemonldap-ng.ini file :

[portal]
enabledModules = conf, sessions, notifications, 2ndFA

Developer corner

If you have another U2F registration interface, you have to set these keys in Second Factor Devices array (JSON) in your user-database. Then map it to the _2fDevices attribute (see exported variables):

$_2fDevices = [{"name" : "MyU2FKey" , "type" : "U2F" , "_userKey" : "########" , "_keyHandle":"########" , "epoch":"1524078936"}, ...]

_userKey must be base64 encoded

Note that both “origin” and “appId” are fixed to portal URL.

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