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Generate Symantec VIP Access Token as OTP

Recently I came across a web service that required two-factor authentication using the Symantec VIP Access App. I already manage all of my OTP tokens in a different app (If you are on iOS I highly recommend using OTP Auth by Roland Moers.) and did not want to have to use yet another app to generate the TOTP.

There is a way to generate a Symantec VIP Access compatible token very easily if you have access to an environment which can run Python PIP. I happen to have Ubuntu Windows Subsystem Linux running on my machine. (If you are running Windows 10 and don't have this you should really check it out.) Let's get started...

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Instructions

Here we install python3-pip and qrencode so we can generate our secret, I

Setting up ssh public key authentication on macOS using a YubiKey 4

I largely followed Florin's blog post, but have a few notes to add regarding issues I encountered:

Basic setup notes

I used a YubiKey 4, while the blog describes using a YubiKey NEO. I'm sure a YubiKey 5 would also work. I'm also running macOS 10.13.6.
I installed GPGTools as recommended. However, as I'll note later, it seems that gpg-agent only automatically starts when gpg is used; for ssh, you'll need to ensure it's running.
Before generating your keys, decide what key size you want to use. If you run the list command inside gpg --edit-card, look for the Key attributes line to see what is currently selected. On my YubiKey 4, it defaulted to 2048 bits for all keys:

Key attributes ...: rsa2048 rsa2048 rsa2048

Download the latest ugw3 package from https://github.com/Lochnair/vyatta-wireguard/releases and install it on your USG using dpkg -i wireguard-ugw3-<version>.deb.

cd /config/auth
umask 077
mkdir wireguard
cd wireguard
wg genkey > wg_private.key
wg pubkey < wg_private.key > wg_public.key

1. DO NOT attempt to remove any Apple-supplied system Python which are in /System/Library and /usr/bin.
2. Multiple Python versions can coexist pacifically on macOS. So, uninstalling Python is purely optional.

To remove a different version, change 3.7 to the Python version you want to remove.

sudo rm -rf /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7
sudo rm -rf "/Applications/Python 3.7"
sudo find /usr/local/bin -lname '../../../Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/*' -delete

Google Public NTP [AS15169]:

time.google.com

time1.google.com

time2.google.com

time3.google.com

	#!/usr/bin/perl

	# Given an Apple News URL, prints the original URL for the story.
	#
	# Usage:
	# % AppleNewsURLRedirect.pl 'https://apple.news/Ae78KIEmMOHCVXD4VA7ysKw'
	# or
	# % echo 'https://apple.news/Ae78KIEmMOHCVXD4VA7ysKw' \| AppleNewsURLRedirect.pl
	#
	# Author: John Gruber <https://daringfireball.net/>

	{
	"title": "Bumblebee Shortcut",
	"description": "JSON file used to check for updates for the Bumblebee Shortcut",
	"latestVersion": "1.0.1",
	"releaseDate": "20190812",
	"latestUrl": "https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0fc0941b738740dfabcc7c7f2334ac7e",
	"documentationUrl": "",
	"authorReddit": "/u/marcgordon",
	"authorTwitter": "@4txt",
	"updates": [

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# URL Encode
	# https://gist.github.com/levigroker/36525010ba0bce15450c89fe6a5f36b1
	#
	# A BBEdit Text Filter script to take textual input and produce URL encoded text of the same.
	# See https://www.bbeditextras.org/text-filters/
	# Levi Brown
	# @levigroker
	# [email protected]

	#!/bin/bash
	#
	# URL Decode
	# https://gist.github.com/levigroker/892fd435d701b4e8f56bfcec819d5ef2
	#
	# A BBEdit Text Filter script to take textual input and produce URL decoded text of the same.
	# See https://www.bbeditextras.org/text-filters/
	# Levi Brown
	# @levigroker
	# [email protected]