Monday, October 27, 2014

Yubikey FIDO error: "A timeout occurred while waiting for a Security Key to be inserted or tapped."

If you're putting a Yubikey FIDO USB U2F key into your Linux machine, and activation eventually times out with this error:

"A timeout occurred while waiting for a Security Key to be inserted or tapped."

... this may be due to ownership of the device.

The fix, via this Yubico forums post:

echo 'KERNEL=="hidraw*", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1050", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0113|0114|0115|0116|0120"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/70-u2f.rules

Before:

crw------- 1 root root 250, 6 Oct 27 21:57 hidraw6

After:

crw-rw-r-- 1 root plugdev 250, 6 Oct 27 21:59 hidraw6


Activation should now proceed normally. Some folks had to then also restart Chrome. Chrome 38 or higher required.

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Best fake WHOIS business name ever

Best fake WHOIS business name ever:
Admin Organization: LiddyCorp Tofu Mining Corporation of Antarctica
via https://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/blog/