NitrokeyAuthenticator(1)

🎀 NitrokeyAuthenticator(1) 🎀

okay bestie, this is the NitrokeyAuthenticator(1) page from the General Commands Manual 🧚 let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

NitrokeyAuthenticator - a TOTP authenticator application for the Nitrokey Pro2 and LibremKey 🔐

💻 SYNOPSIS 💻

NitrokeyAuthenticator

that's the whole command, no cap 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so Nitrokey Authenticator is a TOTP authenticator app that's compatible with Google Authenticator 📱✨ it's giving familiar vibes

the big difference is where the secret lives 👀 Google Authenticator keeps the shared secret that the app uses to generate TOTP codes stored locally by the app itself. Nitrokey Authenticator does not store the secret. instead, it sends the secret to the USB key 🔑 so the key is the one holding it

it's the Nitrokey Pro2 or LibremKey that stores the secrets, and it's the USB key that generates those codes 🫶 so Nitrokey Authenticator is only an interface for TOTP, and all of the TOTP work is happening inside the USB key itself 🦋 the way that's so iconic, honestly 😭

Manual page NitrokeyAuthenticator(1), dated October 10 2020, signing off 💖 stay safe with your keys bestie 🌈